Original scientific paper
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ISTRIA IN THE PERIOD OF NATIONAL, SOCIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL DIVISIONS (LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
Stipan Trogrlić
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Regional Center Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
During the late 19th and early 20th century, Istrian peninsula was marked by the conflicts between the Croatian and Italian political movements. Social tensions were also rising. They were caused by the increasing social divisions and spreading of liberal (atheistic) and socialist (antireligious) ideas. This scientific article tries to explain the relation of catholic church toward the political and social changes in Istria, which called for some kind of practical response. It is clearly visible that catholic church became suspicious and fearful of these changes which resulted in its inability to successfully answer to the new social issues.
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208991
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Publication date:
14.10.2002.
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