International Catholic Conference of Scouting

International Catholic Conference of Scouting
HeadquartersRome, Italy[1]
CountryInternational
Founded1948[1]
Membership68 members organisations[2]
ICCS ChairmanGeorges El-Ghorayeb (Lebanon)
ICCS Secretary GeneralChristian Larcher (France)
ICCS World ChaplainJacques Gagey (France) [3]
Website
cics.org
 Scouting portal

The International Catholic Conference of Scouting (ICCS) is an autonomous, international body committed to promoting and supporting Catholic Scout associations and to be a link between the Scout movement and the Catholic Church. Its headquarters is located in Rome, Italy.

It enjoys consultative status with the World Scout Committee[4] and forms the World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF)[5] together with the Council of Protestants in Guiding and Scouting, International Link of Orthodox Christian Scouts, International Union of Muslim Scouts, International Forum of Jewish Scouts, Won-Buddhism Scout and World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood.

There is a close cooperation with the International Catholic Conference of Guiding (ICCG).[6]

It represents about 8 million Scouts.[2]

  1. ^ a b Die geistlichen Gemeinschaften der katholischen Kirche-Kompendium (in German). Rome, Leipzig: Libreria Vaticana, St. Benno-Verlag GmbH. 2004. pp. 137–139.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Agesci2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "New ICCS World Chaplain" (PDF). Circular Letter. ICCS: 3. April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  4. ^ "International Catholic Conference of Scouting". WOSM. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  5. ^ "World Scout Inter-religious Forum (WSIF)". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  6. ^ "Cooperation with the International Catholic Conference of Guiding" (PDF). Euro-Med News. ICCS European-Mediterranean region: 4. Spring 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-01-08.