Caritas Asia explores ways to collaborate with Pax Romana—International Movement of Catholic Students

Caritas Asia, the church’s social development agency, and two youth organizations are exploring ways to work together in the region.

On February 24, Caritas Asia hosted a meeting with a delegation from IMCS (Pax Romana—International Movement of Catholic Students—Asia Pacific) and IYTC (International Youth Training Centre—IYTC) at its office in Bangkok. Thailand. 

They discussed each other’s works, particularly the youths’ roles in addressing their concerns around environmental, social justice, and human rights issues.

“We also explored the possibilities for future collaboration,” said a note from Caritas Asia.

At the end of the week on February 28, officials from Caritas Asia and the youth delegation participated in a Catholic Social Forum at Xavier's Hall in Bangkok, sharing information about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Catholic Social Teaching (CST).

Caritas Asia is a pan-Asian nonprofit organization. It is one of the seven regions of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation. Caritas Asia is a 25-member organization.

Pax Romana was founded in Switzerland in 1921.

Pax Romana is an international Catholic movement that promotes peace and justice.  It includes the International Movement of Catholic Students (MIEC) and the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA). 

Pax Romana encourages students to seek their faith, promoting peace and justice. It helps Catholic university students meet their responsibilities to the Church and civil society.

It promotes lay leadership, integrating faith and action for a more just world.

Pax Romana has a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It has permanent delegates at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and with UNESCO.