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.
Benedict XV • Identity • Modernism • Late modernity • Modernity • Europe • Freedom of conscience • Vatican Archives • Globalisation • Jewish perfidy • Canonisation • Modernization • New Evangelization • Loisy • Second Vatican Council • Pius XI • History • Pope Francis • Vatican Radio • Liturgical reform • Roman Curia • Pius X • Catholic intransigentism • Pope Benedict XV • Roman Catholic Church • Racial Laws • Secularization • Pius XII • World War 1 • Nationalism • Catholic Church • Concile Vatican II • Paul VI • Ratisbonne • Renewal • Papacy • John XXIII • Modern culture and catholic Church • Church and Modernity • Catholic antisemitism • Reform • Tyrrell • John Paul II • Islam • Benedict XVI • Preaching • Holiness • New Evangelisation • Merry del Val • Good Friday Prayer • Consistorial Congregation