Christian Democrat Organization of America

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Parties

Christian Democratic parties Christian Democrat International European People's Party European Democratic Party Euro Christian Political Movement Christian Dem Org of America

Ideas

Social conservatism Sphere sovereignty Communitarianism Stewardship Catholic social teaching Neo-Calvinism Neo-Thomism

Important documents

Rerum Novarum (1891) Stone Lectures (Princeton 1898) Graves de Communi Re (1901) Quadragesimo Anno (1931) Laborem Exercens (1981) Sollicitudi Rei Socialis (1987) Centesimus Annus (1991)

Important figures

Thomas Aquinas · John Calvin Pope Leo XIII · Abraham Kuyper Maritain · Adenauer · De Gasperi Pope Pius XI · Schuman Pope John Paul II · Kohl

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The Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA) is an international organization made up of political parties, groups and associations that share Christian humanist principles. They work in coordination for freedom, democracy, human rights, world peace, development with equity, and respect for the environment.

Currently there are 33 member political parties in 26 different countries with a constituency representing 30% of all registered voters in Latin America and 10% of the entire population of the region.

[edit] See also

• Christian Democracy

[edit] External links

• Christian Democrat Organization of America