The Papacy in the Contemporary Age
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abstract
The volume, deepening specific aspects of the popes from Pius X to Francis, offers, overall, a historical reading of the papacy from the early twentieth century to the present. In this time – between uncertainties, resistances, cautious openings – the papacy realised the transition from intransigent Catholicism to dialogue with modernity and its most characteristic cultural, political and social expressions. In this regard, the presence of swings and retractions in the popes of the last decades are also an expression of the troubles that have marked the long and difficult coexistence between papacy, Roman Catholic Church and modernity, until pope Bergoglio’s new guidelines.
Globalisation • Modernity • Roman Catholic Church • Pope Francis • Pius XII • Europe • Church and Modernity • Islam • Pius XI • Modern culture and catholic Church • New Evangelisation • Modernization • Concile Vatican II • Benedict XVI • Roman Curia • Second Vatican Council • Late modernity • Identity • Ratisbonne • Freedom of conscience • Tyrrell • Canonisation • Good Friday Prayer • John XXIII • Holiness • Jewish perfidy • Renewal • Reform • Pius X • Catholic Church • Preaching • World War 1 • Paul VI • Catholic antisemitism • John Paul II • Pope Benedict XV • Benedict XV • Racial Laws • History • Liturgical reform • Secularization • Modernism • Loisy • Nationalism • Vatican Radio • Consistorial Congregation • Catholic intransigentism • New Evangelization • Vatican Archives • Papacy • Merry del Val