Cronache Sociali was started by Giuseppe Dossetti and Giuseppe Lazzati in 1947.[1][2] Some academics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan were also instrumental in establishing the magazine.[3] Its goal was to promote an economic approach called Catholic Keynesianism in line with Catholic values.[3] Based in Rome, it was published biweekly.[4]
Cronache Sociali was affiliated with leftist figures within the DC, including Giorgio La Pira[5] and Leopoldo Elia.[6][7] The magazine's contributors were part of a faction within the DC known as Cronache Sociali.[8] This group used the magazine to defend their ideology of integral democracy which supported Christian solidarity in the realms of the state, society and the economy.[2][9] They were critical of Alcide De Gasperi, the leader of the DC,[5][8] and their motto was First the person and then the market.[9]
Cronache Sociali folded in 1951, and the faction led by Dossetti was also disbanded.[2][9] The magazine was archived by the University of Bologna.[4]