THE BARCELONA CATHOLIC INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL STUDIES.

Spain-based Barcelona Catholic Institute for Social Studies is governed by statutes which were adopted in 1950 and which state, in particular, that the institute enjoys legal status in canon law, under the authority of the Bishop of the Diocese, its object being to train its members in the social doctrine of the Church and to propagate standards and principles of the Church. The institute was set up in order to meet the need for a center devoted to the study and dissemination of the social sciences and also an institution for study, reflection and documentation which would provide doctrinal guidance within the framework of the Catholic and social movement in the Diocese of Barcelona. The institute's members are either active or associate members and belong to various sections of the community. They are mostly priests and other ecclesiastics holding university degrees and specialized in the social sciences.