The Catholic Church and Italian Fascism at the Breaking Point: A Cultural Perspective

Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2013 (164):151-169 (2013)
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ExcerptIn 1929, at the height of the conciliation process between the Italian State and the Catholic Church, sealed by the Lateran Treaty, Pope Pius XI referred to Mussolini as the man “sent by providence.”1 Conversely, in 1938, right in the middle of the clash between the Holy See and the Fascist government over the racial problem, Pius XI would say: “Today there is a mutual declaration of war between the Prime Minister and us. Mussolini might even win on some battlefields, but one day he will be considered just like those peoples who won a battle but lost the war.”2

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