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Title: Catholic Internationalism and the Vatican
Subtitle: The History of a Difficult Embrace (1945-1958)
Author(s): KUIJKEN, Sam
Journal: Archivum Historiae Pontificiae
Volume: 56    Date: 2022-2023   
Pages: 115-144
DOI: 10.2143/AHP.56.0.3293916

Abstract :
Utilizing newly accessible sources from the Vatican Archives, this contribution explores when, why, where, and how the Vatican interacted with the ‘third wave’ of Catholic internationalism after 1945. In doing so, it reveals three distinct phases, each characterized by their proper dynamics – a stage of laissez-faire, a stage of intervention, and a stage of instrumentalization – and reflects on the significance of Catholic internationalism in Church-history.

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