Catholic Italy and Post-Colonial Africa: the New Subjects of an Informal Commitment in the 1960s
The Second Vatican Council for the first time brought a large group of African bishops to Rome. They symbolized a new, independent Africa and its problems. After Vatican II, missions were encouraged to rethink their activities outside the colonial framework in which they developed, and post-colonial...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Cahiers de la Méditerranée
2014
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The Second Vatican Council for the first time brought a large group of African bishops to Rome. They symbolized a new, independent Africa and its problems. After Vatican II, missions were encouraged to rethink their activities outside the colonial framework in which they developed, and post-colonial conflicts and crises created a new environment. The Vatican also promoted lay associations and individuals who, with inventiveness and passion, launched projects inspired by a broad, new vision of Catholicism in the “new Africa.” A new vision was born, which has had important repercussions on the development of political strategies by the Italian Catholic leadership. |
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