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The New Elites of Italian Catholicism: 1968 and the New Catholic Movements
- The Catholic Historical Review
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Volume 98, Number 1, January 2012
- pp. 18-40
- 10.1353/cat.2012.0049
- Article
- Additional Information
After the Second Vatican Council, new movements arose within the Catholic Church. In Italy this phenomenon crossed paths with the movement called 1968 and spawned a new elite not only in the Catholic Church but also in Italian Catholicism. These movements reacted to and participated in 1968 in Italy in different ways, marking the development of a deeply rooted diversity within Italian Catholicism. These Catholic movements represented an initial step in the ongoing replacement of old clerical elites in Catholic Europe.