Christian democracy

...movement in Belarus that was created at the beginning of the 20th century and is now being revived by several politicians. The Belarusian Christian democratic movement was created in early 20th century mostly by Belarusian theology students...

In this article: Belarus, Bielarus, Paval Sieviaryniets, and Vincent Hadleuski

Examples of Christian democratic parties include the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Democrat Party of Chile, the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, the Partido Popular in Spain and Fine Gael in...

In this article: Ideology, Australian Labor Party, New Zealand Labour Party, Conservatism, Europe, New South Wales, and Catholic social teaching

...in the Netherlands, which is also called confessional politics , including political Catholicism and Protestantism. It is limited to Christian democratic parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in...

In this article: Netherlands, CHU, Pacifist Socialist Party, Labour Party, Labour Party, Catholicism, Christian Democratic Party, GreenLeft, and Social Democratic Workers' Party

Fears Italy would fall under Soviet Union in late '40s By Jonathan Kelly THE WASHINGTON TIMES In the late 1940s, the growth of communism in Europe was a cardinal concern for American policymakers. The early years of the Cold War...

In this article: Central Intelligence Agency, Alcide De Gasperi, Italy, Communism, Benito Mussolini, Moscow, Soviet Union, Fascism, and World War II

...growing dissatisfaction among Italy's church-going public with Mr Berlusconi's behaviour, and a rift between him and the Vatican. Christian Democratic UDC party president Rocco Buttiglione said a "new centrist political force" would be...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Rocco Buttiglione, Vatican, Allegation, World War II, and Corriere della Sera

...church-going public with Mr Berlusconi's behaviour, and a rift between him and the Vatican. Rocco Buttiglione, president of the Christian Democratic UDC party, said a "new centrist political force" would be discussed early in October at a...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Rocco Buttiglione, Allegation, Vatican, World War Two, Christian Democracy, People of Liberty, and Ferrari

By NATSUKO FUKUE and MARIKO KATO The Democratic Party of Japan's landslide victory election has stirred interest among foreign media, who generally view the ousting of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled almost...

In this article: Democratic Party of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Japan, Tokyo, Barack Obama, U.S., Democracy, and The Guardian

Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) is a minor christian democratic and strongly social-conservative Italian political party in Italy. The current leader of the party is Giuseppe Pizza. The party proposed itself as the core of...

In this article: Party of Christian Democracy, Washington, D.C., The Union, The People of Freedom, Rocco Buttiglione, Italy, and Veneto

...breathed a sigh of relief. The clear model for a moderately religious party - one committed to the rules of the democratic game - are the Christian Democratic parties of Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, Latin America. Yet opponents of...

In this article: Democracy, Jacques Maritain, Vatican, Christianity, Liberalism, Don Luigi Sturzo, Islam, and Catholic social doctrine

The Party of Christian Democracy (Partito della Democrazia Cristiana), whose members actually call it simply Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC), is a minor christian-democratic Italian political party . It was founded in July...

In this article: Christian Democracy, Party of Christian Democracy, Christian Democracy for the Autonomies, Union of the Centre, Pier Ferdinando Casini, and Washington, D.C.