Christian democracy
Christian democracy is a
political ideology, born at the end of the
19th century with the
papal encyclical
Rerum Novarum of
Pope Leo XIII, in which the
Vatican recognizes workers' misery, in reaction to the rise of the
socialist and
trade-union movements. Though the Christian democratic movement is very heterogeneous, it agrees generally on certain topics. The proposed design of the
State is different from that of the
liberals: it must be decentralized, to be made up by various bodies, but to have an unquestionable capacity. Christian democracy sees
economy as being at the service of
humanity; they do not call
capitalism into question. The duty of care of the State is thus of some importance for Christian democrats; this overlaps with the ideas of
Christian socialism.
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