The Formative Years

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-57
Author(s):  
Steven K. Green
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
World War ◽  
American Catholicism ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Catholic Church ◽  
Formative Years

This chapter examines the cultural background for the Supreme Court’s decisions of the 1940s. It considers the ascendency and increasing unity of American Catholicism and the disunity among Protestantism. This Catholic unity was both organizational, in the creation of the National Catholic Welfare Conference which now spoke for the hierarchy nation-wide, and theological in the American church’s embrace of a more socially assertive Thomism. It examines the reaction of Protestants and liberal intellectuals to controversial political and social stances by the Catholic Church: movie and book censorship, and apparent support for fascist regimes in Italy and Spain. It concludes with a discussion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision to appoint an emissary to the Vatican at the cusp of World War II.

Gustavo Juan Franceschi and the Jews: The Overcoming of Prejudice by an Argentine Prelate

1993 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-220
Author(s):  
Allan Metz
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The State ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Problem ◽  
The Creation ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Proper Context ◽  
The Catholic Church

This article seeks to demonstrate how Monsignor Gustavo Juan Franceschi (1871–1957) became a friend of the newly created state of Israel when only twenty years earlier he had maintained that Jews constituted Argentina's major political problem. This intellectual transformation will be traced through a consideration of Franceschi's writings about the Jews. As a prominent member of the Catholic church and a strong advocate of Argentine nationalism, his views also reflected the generally ambivalent and suspicious attitude which that powerful institution held regarding Jews. However, following the devastation of European Jewry during World War II and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, Franceschi's opinion of Jews moderated, resulting in greater understanding. Before presenting Franceschi's views, a consideration of Argentine Catholic nationalism will be provided in order to place these opinions within a proper context.

✦ Superpower Saints ✦

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-164
Author(s):  
Kathleen Sprows Cummings
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Catholic Church ◽  
Daughters Of Charity

This chapter focuses on Elizabeth Ann Seton’s cause between papal conclave of 1939, when her cause leaped forward at the Roman Center, through Seton’s beatification in 1963. It analyzes gender and power in the Catholic church through the conflict between Seton’s Daughters of Charity and the Vincentian priest assigned to serve as Seton’s vice-postulator. It explains the fierce competition between Seton’s advocates and those of John Neumann, who was also beatified in 1963. The chapter argues that in the post-World War II era, saints became stand-ins for U.S. Catholics' new role in the nation and in the world--and harbingers of more transformations on the way, in sanctity and beyond.

scholarly journals W mieście kapłanów, uczonych i artystów. Rzymskie lata ks. Władysława Gorala (1920-1922)

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4 Zeszyt specjalny) ◽  
pp. 193-211
Author(s):  
Cezary Taracha
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
World War ◽  
Cultural Formation ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Future ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Artistic Heritage ◽  
The Catholic Church

In 1920-1922, Władysław Goral later an auxiliary Bishop of Lublin (1938), martyr of World War II and blessed (1999) stayed in Rome. There, at the Gregorian University, he completed his philosophical studies with a doctoral degree. This article is the first attempt to look at this period of the life of the future bishop. The author analyzes the available information about various aspects of his stay in Rome, studies, contacts and acquaintances. He also raises questions about the importance of this time for the spiritual, Intellectual and cultural formation of Father Goral. In conclusion, he states that the experience of the universality of the Catholic Church, contact with the international environment of scholars, people of culture, and communing with the great artistic heritage of Rome significantly shaper the personality of the future blessed.

The FBI and the Catholic Church

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regin Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
World War ◽  
Federal Bureau Of Investigation ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Catholic Church was complex and changed over time. It is well-known that the bureau and the hierarchy of the church cooperated and supported each other during the early part of the Cold War. However, there is more to the story than that. This chapter explains how the bureau, for a number of reasons, pursued a relationship with Catholics during the late 1930s and World War II. As the author explains, however, the Catholic Church was never a monolithic entity, and the bureau maintained surveillance of progressive and radical Catholics who questioned the Cold War consensus. This chapter will focus on a little-known event at the end of World War II when the bureau played an important role in influencing the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to abandon its traditional liberal (or positive) anticommunism for a conservative (or negative) anticommunism.

scholarly journals Vatican Radio and Modern Propaganda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaella Perin
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
World War ◽  
Holy See ◽  
The Catholic Church

The essay deals with the employment of Vatican Radio as a modern instrument, which supplied the Catholic Church with a tool of modernisation. A special focus is put on the changes, in terms of method and content, that the radio effected in the apostolate. In order to demonstrate the increasing importance acquired by Vatican Radio for the diplomatic and propaganda aims of the Holy See, it will be considered the case-study of the condemnation of the Croatian anti-Semitic laws during World War II.

scholarly journals Komparativna analiza prostorne organizacije Katoličke Crkve na hrvatskoj obali Jadrana. Promjene nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata te perspektive buduće reorganizacije

Geoadria ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Josip Kajinić
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
World War ◽  
Church Administration ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
Adriatic Coast ◽  
Official Records ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This paper outlines the changes in the organisation of the Catholic Church in Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia after World War II. A detailed analysis of the circumstances that lead to the establishment of the Rijeka Diocese, Archdiocese and Metropolitan Archdiocese, ecclesiastical union of the Istrian region in Croatia, the abolition of the Zadar Metropolitan Archdiocese, the raising of the Split-Makarska Diocese to an Archdiocese, and the establishment of the Split Metropolitan Archdiocese. The principles upon which the Church reorganisation in the spatial sense are considered, and presents new insights, particularly for the Croatian dimension. The second part of the paper gives a comparative analysis of the spatial organisation of the Catholic Church on the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, with other countries. Examples were selected based on compatibility of different factors, with consideration to the historical context of events and their causes. To that aim, specific examples of the church administration in France and Italy are given. Using these examples and documents of church archives and official records and documents of the Catholic Church, this paper gives a final overview of the possibilities for the reorganisation of the church administration on the Croatian Adriatic coast.

The Limits of American Catholic Antifascism: The Case of John A. Ryan

1990 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson D. Miscamble
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
Benito Mussolini ◽  
Catholic Clergy ◽  
Thorn In The Flesh ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
The Catholic Church

Writing in the midst of World War II, the Italian exiles Gaetano Salvemini and Giorgio La Piana charged that the Catholic church in America had bestowed its blessing upon Benito Mussolini and fascism.1 In discussing this charge the historian John Diggins admitted that “at first glance it does appear that the American clergy had indeed composed a political choir in behalf of Fascism.”2 Diggins portrayed a large number of Catholic clergy led by figures like Cardinal William O'Connell of Boston and Father Charles E. Coughlin who found occasion to praise Mussolini. He outlined the views of the major Catholic periodicals and discovered that only the Paulist-sponsored Catholic World took exception to fascism with any consistency.3 Nonetheless, Diggins partially dismissed the charge of Salvemini and La Piana. He argued that the Catholic church in the United States during the interwar years was not a pro-Fascist monolith and briefly touched on the anti-Fascist endeavors of such individuals as Monsignor Joseph Giarrochi, Father Francis Duffy, and Father James Gillis, C.S.P., the erstwhile editor of the Catholic World. Notably, Diggins accorded particular status among Catholic anti-Fascists to Monsignor John A. Ryan, whom he described as having waged “a relentless assault upon Mussolini's dictatorship and upon the Catholic defense of Fascism” and as being “the theological thorn in the flesh of complacent Catholic apologists for Fascism.”4

scholarly journals O diálogo no Movimento dos Focolares

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (319) ◽  
pp. 339-359
Author(s):  
Gilbraz de Souza Aragão ◽  
Ana Paula Cavalcante Luna de Andrade
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Human Being ◽  
World War ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Catholic Church

O Movimento dos Focolares nasce no seio da Igreja Católica durante a II Guerra Mundial e tem como carisma a unidade e a fraternidade universal. Trabalha pela construção de um mundo unido até o ut omnes, ou seja, “todos um”, tendo o diálogo como ponto de partida. Assim, o objetivo de nossa investigação, é evidenciar as experiências vivenciadas no âmbito do diálogo realizado por este Movimento com os diversos âmbitos da sociedade, que envolve religiosos das mais diversas tradições, bem como os que não professam nenhuma fé religiosa. A metodologia utilizada deu-se mediante a revisão bibliográfica na qual verificamos as ideias como também o percurso histórico da construção do diálogo, perpassando por obras de comentadores relacionados ao tema. Concluímos que o diálogo se mostrou eficaz, evidenciando aquilo que une, os valores humanos fundamentais, sem pôr em relevo as divisões, sedimentado no amor e sem proselitismo, sem prescindir da liberdade e autonomia de cada ser humano. Abstract: The Focolars Movement was born within the Catholic Church during World War II and has as its charism unity and universal fraternity. They work to build a world united to ut omnes, that is, “all one”, with dialogue as a starting point. Thus, the aim of our investigation is to highlight the experiences lived within the scope of the dialogue carried out by this Movement with the diverse spheres of society, which involves religious from the most diverse traditions, as well as those who do not profess any religious faith. The methodology used was based on a bibliographic review in which we verified the ideas as well as the historical path of the construction of the dialogue, going through the works of commentators related to the theme. We concluded that the dialogue proved to be effective, showing what unites them, the fundamental human values, without highlighting the divisions, but based on love and without proselytism, without giving up the freedom and autonomy of each human being.

Représentations de l’absence et du manque : de La Dispersion au Livre brisé de Serge Doubrovsky

2011 ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Nurit Levy
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
French Literature ◽  
World War ◽  
Indelible Mark ◽  
Contemporary French Literature ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Serge Doubrovsky

Author and academic, Serge Doubrovsky is an important figure in contemporary French literature. His numerous publications foretell the emergence of a new literary concept, positioning him in the domain of post-modernism with the emergence of auto-fiction. From The Dispersion to The Broken Book, the auto-fiction unfolds in a jerky narrative while the genesis of the work revolves around a profound sense of lack and absence that the writer tries to fill through his writing. The experience of World War II left a life long indelible mark on the writer’s own identity and brings forth the creation of this hybrid autobiography that aims at tearing down ge-neric and literary boundaries. Letters and words are used to confront what is missing in his life in a transgressing style that describes the violence of this experience. In this way, Doubrovsky leaves a trace of his existence, transforming his life into a novel – a work of fiction – and by giving space to imagination when telling his own story.

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