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Pius XI in the Discourse of Contemporary Spanish Fascist Non-conventional Political Actors. / Гонсалес Седилло, Хоел Иван.
In: РЕЛИГИОВЕДЕНИЕ, No. 1, 2025, p. 122-127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Pius XI in the Discourse of Contemporary Spanish Fascist Non-conventional Political Actors
AU - Гонсалес Седилло, Хоел Иван
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The author demonstrates that the first encyclical of Pius XI has ideological elements that are used in the narratives of some actors within modern European fascism. The geopolitical context in which the first encyclical of this pope was written is elaborated to understand the interests of the Catholic Church in the interwar period and its attitude towards fascist regimes. The novelty of these results is that the perception of modern European fascists of an ideological war waged by the globalist left similar to what Pius XI called a “holy battle” to defend Catholicism from secularism is supported by the studied document. Though any positive perception of fascism by Pius XI is not clearly demonstrated in the encyclical there are evident accusations against socialism and the Italian government of the time. This position can be used by modern European far-right ideologues to present the Church in a manipulated and equivocal rigid dichotomy between rejecting socialism and approving fascism. As exposed by this work, Pius XI tried to position the Church as a political institution capable of providing the conditions for a durable peace in Europe and as a third political way that rejected socialism, but also nationalism. The significance of these results can serve to clarify how European far-right extremists use historical religious texts taken out of context to justify and promote their political ideology.
AB - The author demonstrates that the first encyclical of Pius XI has ideological elements that are used in the narratives of some actors within modern European fascism. The geopolitical context in which the first encyclical of this pope was written is elaborated to understand the interests of the Catholic Church in the interwar period and its attitude towards fascist regimes. The novelty of these results is that the perception of modern European fascists of an ideological war waged by the globalist left similar to what Pius XI called a “holy battle” to defend Catholicism from secularism is supported by the studied document. Though any positive perception of fascism by Pius XI is not clearly demonstrated in the encyclical there are evident accusations against socialism and the Italian government of the time. This position can be used by modern European far-right ideologues to present the Church in a manipulated and equivocal rigid dichotomy between rejecting socialism and approving fascism. As exposed by this work, Pius XI tried to position the Church as a political institution capable of providing the conditions for a durable peace in Europe and as a third political way that rejected socialism, but also nationalism. The significance of these results can serve to clarify how European far-right extremists use historical religious texts taken out of context to justify and promote their political ideology.
KW - Catholic Church
KW - Pius XI
KW - encyclical
KW - fascism
KW - globalism
KW - ideological war
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/51fc6be8-c8b2-3bbb-b422-b28e8b9c7955/
U2 - 10.22250/20728662-2025-1-122-127
DO - 10.22250/20728662-2025-1-122-127
M3 - Article
SP - 122
EP - 127
JO - РЕЛИГИОВЕДЕНИЕ
JF - РЕЛИГИОВЕДЕНИЕ
SN - 2072-8662
IS - 1
ER -
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