From24 to 27 June,2012,the PontificalCouncilfor Justice andPeace,in collaborationwith the InternationalCatholicRuralAssociation (ICRA),organizesin Rome, atthe DomusMariae(ViaAurelian.481), theIVWorld CongressonRural Life.
TheCongressis held on the fifty anniversary of the FirstInternational Meeting onrural lifethat was heldin September 1962,shortly after the publicationof the encyclicalMateretMagistrain orderto delve into itsguidelines.