International Association of Missionaries for a Politics in Love
The International Association of Missionaries for a Politics in Love ( Italian: Associazione Missionari della Carità Politica ) is an association of believers in the Roman Catholic Church and sees itself as a social Christian action. It was founded in Italy in 1976 and is an association of believers under papal law recognized by the Pontifical Council for Laity in 1996 . The association is closely related to the Diplomatic Corps at the Holy See and has been recognized by the Italian government as a non-profit organization .
history
The founding initiative came from Professor Alfredo Luciani , who founded the “Social Christian European Action” in Milan . The current name “International Association of Missionaries for a Politics in Love” has been the association's name since 1993; it was approved in 1994 by the then Bishop of Rieti Giuseppe Molinari under episcopal law . "Love", in this context , is understood as the Latin meaning of " caritas ", which in Christianity is understood as active neighborly love and charity . On September 27, 1996, the Pontifical Council for the Laity issued the Decree of Recognition of an International Association of Believers under Papal Law and included it in the official register .
Self-image
The association sees itself as a presence of Christian conviction and values in the practice of politics . In accordance with its statutes, it has set itself the task of promoting justice and peace within each nation and in the relationships between nations.
Organization and expansion
The governing body of the association is the Presidium with the Presidential Council. The President and the Presidential Council are elected by the General Assembly. In addition to the registered full members, there are also honorary members , supporting members and sympathetic members. The majority of the members come from the Diplomatic Corps of the Holy See. The association also invites spiritual assistants from various religious communities as advisory members . In its “Domus Carità Politica” (House of Politics and Charity), which also houses the “Higher Institute of Politics and Charity”, the association organizes study meetings , seminars for members of the diplomatic corps at the Holy See and festive meetings. The four-month publication “Already and not yet” is one of the association's publications .
Personalities (excerpt)
1. Honorary Members: Cardinal Angelo Sodano , Cardinal Roger Etchegaray and Cardinal José Saraiva Martins CFM
2. Other personalities:
- HE Yang-il Bae from South Korea
- SE Corinne Claiborne Boggs from the United States
- HE Jul Bushati from Albania
- SE Javier Guerra Laspiur from Costa Rica
- HE Alberto Leoncini Bartoli from Italy
- SE Ahorn Lopez from Israel
- HE Marco César Meira Naslausky from Brazil
- SE Jürgen Oesterhelt from Germany
- SE Gustav Ortner from Austria
- HE Jorge Siles Salinas from Bolivia
- SE J. Fernand Tanguay from Canada
- HE Francisco Eduardo Trusso from Argentina
literature
- The Spiritual Communities of the Catholic Church - Compendium (No. 14, International Association of Missionaries for a Politics in Love, pp. 55–57), St. Benno-Verlag , Leipzig , 204, ISBN 3-7462-1995-7
Web links
- Carita Politica website (English, Italian)
- Pontifical Council for the Laity - Associazione Internazionale Missionari della Carità Politica (Italian)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English, accessed September 25, 2014)