Catholic Action

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Catholic Action is a movement of lay people within the Catholic Church which advocates for increased Catholic influence on society. Catholic Action groups were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries under anti-clerical regimes, such as Spain, Italy, Bavaria, France, and Belgium. Catholic Action is not a political party in and of itself; however, in many times and places, these movements have engaged in political activities. Since World War II, the concept has often been supplanted by Christian Democrat parties that were organised to combat Communist parties and promote Catholic social justice principles in places such as Italy and West Germany. The movement in Europe was generally conservative in character. In China, Catholic Action was less conservative. There, it responded to participants' desire to evangelize China for the first time, situate Catholicism in the Chinese context, and organize Catholics for protection from Warlord violence. Catholic...

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