Famiglia Cristiana

History and profile

Famiglia Cristiana was founded by Pia Società San Paolo, a Catholic foundation, in Milan in 1931. Its original aim was to guide Catholics living in the rural and provincial north Italy to successfully cope with the spiritual and practical challenges of modern life. During its early years it was a local magazine targeting women. The magazine was temporarily suspended in the course of World War II. In 1954 its coverage expanded to include articles about food, fashion, politics and religion. However, its readers remained to be mainly women who resided in the northern Italy and were from the middle class in the urban and rural regions.

During the 1980s, Famiglia Cristiana was one of the Italian periodicals that the Piano di Rinascita Democratica (Democratic rebirth plan) of Licio Gelli wanted to subject to the control of the Masonic Lodge P2, affiliated to the Grand Orient of Italy.

The magazine is owned by Edizioni San Paolo, a Roman Catholic publishing group and is published by Periodici San Paolo on a weekly basis.{{cite book|editor=Gino Moliterno

In 1955 Famiglia Cristiana became an illustrated weekly magazine.{{cite journal|author=Penelope Morris|title=A window on the private sphere: Advice columns, marriage, and the evolving family in 1950s Italy|journal=The Italianist|date=2007|volume=27

Circulation

Famiglia Cristiana enjoyed higher levels of circulation from the late 1950s.

The magazine had a circulation of 1,123,071 copies in 1984. The weekly sold 1,070,652 copies in the period between September 1993 and August 1994. In the mid-1990s the magazine had the highest circulation among other Catholic periodicals in Italy.

Famiglia Cristiana sold 895,000 copies in 2001. The 2003 circulation of the weekly was 742,000 copies.

The circulation of Famiglia Cristiana was 644,316 copies in 2007.{{cite web|author=Anne Austin|display-authors=et. al.|title=Western Europe Market and Media Fact

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