Original scientific paper
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ISTRIA DURING THE PERIOD OF NATIONAL, POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL FERMENTATION, 1900-1914
Stipan Trogrlić
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Regional Center Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
In large part, the Catholic Church could not, nor would not, stay out of the disputes and quarrels between the Croatian and Italian national movements, the most important political phenomenon in Istria at the beginning of the twentieth century. The »Croatian « element in the Church participated actively in the struggle for the rights of its co-nationals. Meanwhile, a segment of the Italian clerisy accepted the view of its liberally-oriented co-nationals, who looked upon the national conflict as an importation of clericalism from Croatia, wholly unsuitable to the »peaceful« environment of Istria and the evangelical mission of the Catholic Church.
The Church responded to the appearance of aggressive atheistic liberalism by organizing a Catholic movement. While the Catholic movement among Italians showed a certain dynamism only in northwestern Istria, the Catholic movement among Croatians developed a rich and varied range of activities throughout Istria, especially during the period 1900-1914.
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213930
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Publication date:
3.12.1996.
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