The Italian People's Party, better known as the Popolari, was a Catholic party in Italy which existed 18 January 1919 to 5 November 1926. In November 1919, the party won 103 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and the party was united in its support of the Catholic Church. However, the party was divided on economic and social issues, leading to the Popolari failing to offer a coherent reform program to react to these needs. Pope Benedict XV backed the Popolari against the Italian Socialist Party, but the party was divided between liberals and fascists in 1926. Some Populars took part in Benito Mussolini's first government and joined the National Fascist Party, while the "Moderate Clericalists" joined the liberal opposition and the "Christian Democrats" supported accord with the socialists. After the end of World War II, most Populars joined Christian Democracy.
On 22 January 1994, the party emerged as a successor of Christian Democracy, with the DC's right-wing forming the Christian Democratic Center party. In 2002, the new Popolari merged into the The Daisy.
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