The Christian Extended Pact (Patto Cristiano Esteso, PACE) is a Christian

Christianity

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-conservative

Conservatism

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 political party in Italy.

The party takes example from the Christian Coalition

Christian Coalition

The Christian Coalition of America , originally called the Christian Coalition, Inc., is a US Christian advocacy group, which includes Christian fundamentalists, evangelicals, neo-evangelicals and charismatics. , the CCA stated that its membership was 2.5 million supporters.The Christian Coalition...

 in the United States

United States

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 and is one of the few examples of Christian right

Christian right

Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe "right-wing" Christian political groups that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies...

 parties in Europe

Europe

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. Although most of its members are evangelicals

Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...

 or pentecostals

Pentecostalism

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, the party is not officially associated with any denomination

Christian denomination

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. The party's founder and leader is Gilberto Perri, a pentecostal pastor, who has been one of the founding members of Christian Coalition International with Pat Robertson

Pat Robertson

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 in 1999.

PACE has been affiliated to the House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

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 coalition and generally sides with the Italian centre-right. It is stronger in Southern Italy, where pentecostal and evangelical churches are more widespread. In the 2006 general election (Senate) PACE won 0.4% in Sicily

Sicily

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, but its best results so far came in 2011 local elections, when the party gained 3.6% (and one councillor) in Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria

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 and 2.1% throughout the Province

Province of Reggio Calabria

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