Gruppo Editoriale San Paolo is a media company belonging to the San Paolo Society, a religious congregation founded in Alba (Cuneo) in 1914 from the blessed Don Giacomo Alberione. In June 27th, 1949, the religious institute has received the definitive approbation by the Holy See, following the request of Pope Pio XII. For over 100 years, the Group has been involved in the evangelization and spread of the Christian values throughout the use of several methods of communication that the new technology might offer nowadays. The activities included are: different type of publishing such as books, periodicals, cinematography, musical, TV and radio, multimedia e telematic. As part of the Group, there are also study, research, training and activity centres. The Editorial Group San Paolo is one of the biggest multimedia Catholic publishing company in Italy and it comprises the following societies: • Periodici San Paolo srl; • St. Pauls International srl; • Edizioni San Paolo srl; • Diffusione San Paolo srl; • San Paolo Patrimonio srl; • Multimedia San Paolo srl; • San Paolo Digital srl; • Giuseppe Zilli Association for families and social communications Onlus; International Family Studies Centre - (CISF); • Cultural Centre San Paolo (CCSP) Onlus.