CAUSA is a major political arm of the Unification Church. (5) CAUSA Intl was founded in Washington DC in 1980 by Rev. Moon, following a series of meetings by Bo Hi Pak with important rightwing Latin American military and political leaders. (50,67) Kim Sang In was also involved in founding the organization. (1) A nonprofit entity, CAUSA is--according to the group--"based on the belief that positive social change can only occur when God-accepting and conscientious people are united upon common goals."(50) The organization has branches in at least twenty-one countries in the Western Hemisphere and Europe. It also operates in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. (6,23) CAUSA's name was originally the "Confederation of Associations for the Unification of the Societies of the Americas."(11,23) The word "Unification" has since been changed to "Unity," however, apparently to distance CAUSA from the church. (67) The group is now generally known simply as CAUSA, or "Cause" in Spanish. (23) The "cause" according to CAUSA director Joe Tully, is "the defeat of communism."(28)
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Reflecting Unification Church theology, CAUSA promotes "unificationism" or "godism"--a comprehensive world view that seeks to unify world religions against communism. (12) According to the lecture manual of CAUSA,"Godism" was developed by Moon "through extraordinary communication with God."(62) McKale observes that CAUSA was founded in order to combat communism both theoretically and in practice, to offer a positive philosophy to use in the ideological war against communism, and to conduct an educational program in a global battle against communism and communist influences. (23) CAUSA USA was incorporated in 1983. (23,48,67) Like the international organization, the U.S. branch of CAUSA sees itself as having an educational function. It describes itself as a group of "volunteers working to present a new ideological perspective for democracy and the free world."(48) It claims 25,000 members in the U.S. and has chapters in all 50 states, with 11 regional groups. (48) The Association for the Unification of Latin America was formed in Rome in December 1984. It has sponsored conferences attended by important political leaders from Latin America and has done outreach to the Vatican. (67)
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CAUSA International's affiliates include the Freedom Leadership Forum, Freedom Research Foundation, Korean Cultural Freedom Foundation, Little Angels of Korea Folk Ballet, Little Angels Schools Foundation, One World Crusade, and Radio Free Asia. (23).
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CAUSA-1 & CAUSA-2 & CAUSA-3 & CAUSA-4 & CAUSA-5: