“Never before has there been such need to unite our efforts in a broad educational alliance, to form mature individuals capable of overcoming division and antagonism, and to restore the fabric of relationships for the sake of a more fraternal humanity.” Pope Francis

The educational project of the Catholic school was founded in 1952 and comprises around 68 million students and 210.000 schools and universities. It aims to bring study and life together and blend them harmoniously so that students can acquire a quality educational experience, fuelled by scientific research in the various branches of sciences, and at the same time become wiser by transferring it to a life nourished by the Evangelium’.

Intercultural and interreligious dialogue has been an important aspect of the global education project from the very beginning and a special priority since 2013, see the texts “Eduquer au dialogue interculturel à l’école catholique”, “Vivre ensemble pour une civilisation de l’amour (28 October 2013)”.

Participatory status in 2003 / Consultative status since 1965

Geographical Representation: Europe and in a total of 110 countries

Accreditations: Council of Europe, UNESCO, ONU

The focus of our engagement lies on:

• Promoting in the world an educational project of Catholic inspiration
• To promote research in the educational field and on the adaptation of the school to the needs, realities and aspirations of its environment
• To promote the creation, in schools and educational institutions, of “educational communities”
• To defend and promote the effective exercise of freedom of education