It was there, as a member of a student movement known as Catholic Action, that he first became involved in politics.
In the same speech, he counter-attacked the Italian government for attacking Catholic Action and even the papacy itself.
From 1936 to 1941, he was the Archbishop's secretary for Catholic Action and Catechetics.
In 1933, he was elected president of Spanish Catholic Action and left edition of El Debate.
Spanish Catholic Action elected him as its national ecclesiastical counselor from 1949 to 1955.
Vidal was an enthusiastic champion of collegiality and Catholic Action.
When he was only 18, Marvelli was elected president of Italian Catholic Action.
Bishop Casartelli was one of the first bishops in England to attempt concerted Catholic Action.
During his tenure as nuncio, Tedeschini founded the Spanish Catholic Action.
The Argentine Catholic Action was founded in 1931 following this model.