Pax Romana (organization)
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Pax Romana is an international lay Catholic movement. It combines the representation of two movements with similar interests and goals, the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA or ICMICA/MIIC) and the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS or IMCS/MIEC). These two groups operate independently, but share the common name of Pax Romana in representation at the United Nations and UNESCO.[1]
Founded | 1921; 103 years ago (1921) Fribourg, Switzerland |
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Type | INGO |
Focus | Religion, Peace, Education, Youth, Human Rights |
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Area served | Global |
Method | Education, Nonviolence, Lobbying, Research, Innovation |
Official language | English, Spanish, French |
Website | www.icmica-miic.org www.imcs-miec.org |
Pax Romana has many focuses, some of which are human rights, democracy, education, eradication of poverty, sustainable development, and inter-cultural/inter-religious dialogue.[1] Each of these focuses is approached from the perspective of Catholic social teaching with the goal of promoting peace, in service of the common good.