Get to know our history, our tasks and our aims. Find out more about the people who dedicate themselves to the IDC’s work throughout the world.
Along with texts of a pastoral-practical or systematic-theological nature you will also find up-to-date information on the development of the diaconate in various countries.
Members from over 50 countries receive information about all aspects of diaconate and develop the profile of diaconate.
The Diaconia Christi Internationalis Foundation is promoting active solidarity worldwide in close cooperation with the International Diaconate Centre and with local deacons.
Diakonia is our mission and the mission of all the Church. IDC President Klaus Kießling promised Pope Francis to stay faithful to the diaconal mission. And because the Pope himself is animated by the vision of a diaconal Universal Church, Kießling felt encouraged to ask a question: Which place do you assign to the deacons in a diaconal church?
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The IDC strives towards the internationalisation and, at the same time, towards the regionalisation of its work. Many regions have established themselves outside the German-speaking area.
