Catholic Congress
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A Catholic Congress or lay association is a term for gathering of lay Catholics to discuss certain political or social issues from a Catholic perspective. These have included the Piusverein
in Germany and Switzerland as well a the Catholic Truth Society
.
Piusverein
The Piusverein was a Roman Catholic society, founded in 1848 in Germany, and named for Pope Pius IX. Its political direction was conservative and ultramontanist, and its purpose to form a bridge between Catholics and the political classes...
in Germany and Switzerland as well a the Catholic Truth Society
Catholic Truth Society
Catholic Truth Society is a body that prints and publishes Catholic literature, including apologetics but also prayerbooks, spiritual reading, lives of saints and so forth...
.