ChristianDemocracy is a politicalideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers' misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of the socialist and trade-union movements. The position of the Roman Catholic Church on this matter was further clarified in a subsequent encyclical, Quadragesimo Anno, by Pope Pius XI in 1931. Though the Christian Democratic movement is very heterogeneous, it generally agrees on certain topics. The proposed design of the State is different from that advocated by the liberals: it must be decentralized, to be made up by various bodies, but to have an unquestionable capacity. Christian Democracy sees economy as being at the service of humanity; however, it does not call the basic idea of capitalism itself into question. The duty of the State to care for its citizens is thus of some importance for Christian Democrats; this overlaps somewhat with the ideas of Christian socialism.
Christian Democrats have usually followed the Vatican positions on public-moral issues. However, most of them have accepted laicity, divorce and some even abortion.
Christian Democracy has been especially important in Italy, inspired by Dom Sturzo, and Germany (see CDU and CSU).
The ChristianDemocrats follow their European counterparts in many ways, arguing that the state should care for its citizens but not get otherwise economically involved.
The ChristianDemocratic Party feels that immigrants who do not adopt the values are not likely to contribute positively to the United Kingdom and should not be encouraged to stay.
ChristianDemocratic Party's view is that if a "guest worker is paying taxes for at least 12 months he should get benefits.
The ChristianDemocrats (Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Sweden.
The party was founded in the 1960s but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral alliance with the Centre Party and on their own accord in 1991.
Ideologically it is a Nordic ChristianDemocrat party, having a big part of their voter base among those who belong to free churches - Methodists, Baptists, etc. These churches have many followers in Småland, which is the region where the party is strongest.
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