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CATHOLICS, POPULISMS, AND NATIONALISMS

Practices and Pathways between Europe and Latin America (1939–1958)
Lucia Ceci - Maria Chiara Rioli
Pubblication date: 2026
Publisher: TVUP
Series: Historiae
DOI: 10.35948/TVUP/979-12-82347-02-0
Description:
In the early twenty-first century, the rise of neo-populist leaders and political parties, together with the election of two popes with origins in or strong ties to Latin America – Francis and Leo XIV – has reopened questions about the complex relationship between populism and Catholicism.
Despite extensive scholarship on populism and neo-populism, the entanglements between populist movements and religion remain underexplored. This volume aims to reconstruct both the strategies implemented by institutional actors and the development and circulation of ideas, devotional practices, and symbolic repertoires in relation to Catholic institutions and actors during the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958).
Through multilingual chapters based on an extensive corpus of institutional, press, and private records, Catholics, Populisms, and Nationalisms contributes to the transnational scholarly debate across different disciplines and raises fundamental questions about the relationship between religion and politics in the global public sphere

  • Lucia Ceci 0000-0001-7615-934X - Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
  • Maria Chiara Rioli 0000-0002-2445-2496 - Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
​Lucia Ceci is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her research interests include the relationships between Catholicism, politics, and ideologies in the twentieth century.

Maria Chiara Rioli is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Her research interests focus on the transnational history of modern Catholicism.

Title

Catholics, Populisms, and Nationalisms

Subtitle

Practices and Pathways between Europe and Latin America (1939–1958)

Authors

Lucia Ceci - Maria Chiara Rioli

Pages

218

Pubblication date

2026

Publisher

TVUP

Series

Historiae

DOI

10.35948/TVUP/979-12-82347-02-0

Support

Digital

Format

PDF

E-ISBN

979-12-82347-02-0

Sales condition

Open Access