Alleanza Cattolica is an Italian

Italy

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 association whose aim is "to study and spread the social doctrine" of the Catholic Church.

It strives to follow the teachings of the Pope

Pope

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s, and so trains its members in the papal teachings. They also provide spiritual training, with a stress on traditional Catholic activities such as pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

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s, adoration of the Eucharist

Eucharist

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, and the use of the rosary

Rosary

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. They also follow the Ignatian

Ignatius of Loyola

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 spiritual exercises.

One of their points of emphasis is to provide formation in the face of the prevailing secularization in Europe

Europe

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. It runs the magazine Cristianità, translated as Christendom.