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Nationalisms and Populisms in the Pius XII’s Age:
Cultural Circulations, Religious Perceptions and Devotionals Practices across Europe and Latin America (1939-1958)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Progetto PRIN 20223KRB3M_002\u00a0
CUP: E53D23000070006<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Project<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Nationalisms and populisms represent some of the most significant political and social phenomena shaping contemporary societies on a global scale. Despite a substantial body of scholarship on these topics, the connections with religious factors\u2014especially when examined comparatively and transnationally\u2014remain less explored, particularly during the crucial period of the Second World War and its aftermath. This project addresses precisely these gaps, investigating how religious actors, institutions, and discourses intersected with nationalist and populist dynamics across different contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CATO\u2011POPULISMOS project is a wide\u2011ranging scholarly initiative that mobilizes the newly opened Pius XII archives\u2014released in March 2020 and covering the pontificate of Eugenio Pacelli (1939\u20131958)\u2014to investigate how Catholic actors formulated, circulated, and interpreted ideas about nationalism and populism across Europe and Latin America. It examines how these debates took shape both within local Churches and within Vatican diplomacy. The project focuses in particular on the intersections between populism, nationalism, and Catholicism in Salazarism, Varguism, Francoism, and Peronism, exploring their ideological, cultural, pastoral, and political dimensions. More broadly, CATO\u2011POPULISMOS aims to analyze the role of the Catholic Church in relation to nationalist and populist movements in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina. It also studies the language and resemanticization of devotional practices in these four contexts\u2014both those encouraged by the Holy See (Marian devotions, Eucharistic worship, the social kingship of Christ) and those emerging locally, linked to national cults and, in some cases, to antisemitic elements within Catholic liturgy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Published a few weeks ago by TVUP, this volume offers a fresh and rigorous contribution to the study of Catholicism, politics, and devotional cultures across Europe and Latin America in the twentieth century. Coordinated by Prof. Lucia Ceci<\/strong> and Prof. Maria Chiara Rioli<\/strong>, the book brings together a diverse group of scholars whose chapters explore institutional dynamics, transnational exchanges, and devotional practices through original archival research. From analyses of Brazilian Catholic responses to Vargas\u2019 developmental populism, to studies of Church\u2013State relations in Francoist Spain, Peronist Argentina, and mid\u2011century Catalonia, the volume maps a wide and interconnected landscape. Its publication reflects a collective scholarly effort and provides readers with a rich, multifaceted resource for understanding the complex pathways through which Catholic actors shaped political and devotional life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The publication is open access and available here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Research Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Prof.ssa Lucia Ceci<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata) \u00a0<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Prof.ssa Maria Chiara Rioli<\/a> (UniMoRe)<\/h5>\n
Prof. Alfonso Botti<\/a> (UniMoRe)<\/h5>\n
Prof.ssa Maria Antonia Paiano<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 di Firenze)<\/h5>\n
Prof. Tommaso Cali\u00f2<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)<\/h5>\n
Dr. Jacopo Pili<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)<\/h5>\n
Dr. Nicola Riccardi<\/a> (UniMoRe)<\/h5>\n
Dr.ssa Celina Albornoz<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)

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Conferences and Workshops <\/strong>
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Online Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devotional Practices across Europe and Latin America during the Pontificate of Pius XIl: Spain and Argentina <\/strong> C\u00e9sar Rina, Diego Mauro, Maria Paiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 febbraio 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CATO-POPULISMS_22.02.24<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Online Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Populism in Brazil and Argentina during the pontificate of Pius XII <\/strong>Fabio Gentile, Daniel Lvovich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 gennaio 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CATO-POPULISMOS-Seminar-19Jan2024<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Online Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una cultura para la democracia: construcci\u00f3n de un huidizo ideario <\/strong> Sa\u00fal Sosnowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 novembre 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRIN Locandina 08112024 Sa\u00fal Sosnowski<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Book Presentation<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Global Pontificate of Pius XIl. War and Genocide, Reconstruction and Change, 1939-1958<\/strong>
Simon Unger-Alvi e Nina Valbousquet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 novembre 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the-global-pontificate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Round Table<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luoghi delle dittature e luoghi cattolici nelle dittature: rimozioni, riattivazioni, risemantizzazioni <\/strong> Javier Mu\u00f1os Soro, Lucia Ceci e Xos\u00e9 Manoel Nunez Seixas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 febbraio 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le chiese di Pio XII tra nazionalismi e universalismo nel secondo dopoguerra: ricerche in corso. <\/strong> Celina Albornoz, Nicola Riccardi, Alfonso Botti, Lucia Ceci, Jacopo Pili, Angela Cimino, Paolo Zanini e Maria Chiara Rioli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 gennaio 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le chiese di Pio XII.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mascolinit\u00e0 e devozioni di massa nello spazio urbano:Il congresso eucaristico internazionale di Madrid (1911)<\/strong> Natalia N\u00fa\u00f1ez Bargue\u00f1o <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 ottobre 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Conference<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiesa cattolica, nazionalismi e populismi tra Europa e America Latina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roma e Frascati, 18 e 19 giugno 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seminario <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immaginare un Pontificato: Pio XII attraverso le fonti cinematografiche<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Chiara Rioli, Massimiliano Panarari, Andrea Montanari e Vittorio Iervese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centro Ferrari di Modena, 24 Marzo 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contatti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

lucia.ceci@uniroma2.it <\/p>\n\n\n\n

mariachiara.rioli@unimore.it<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Catopopulismos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questo sito web \u00e8 parte del PRIN 2022 project CATO-POPULISMOS \u2013 Nationalisms and Populisms in the Pius XII Pontificate: Cultural Circulations, Religious Perceptions and Devotional Practices across Europe and Latin America (1939-58). Finanziato dall\u2019Unione europea-Next Generation EU, Missione 4 Componente 1, CUP E53D23000070006<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dipartimento di Storia, Patrimonio culturale, Formazione e Societ\u00e0,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indirizzo:Via Columbia, 1, 00133 Roma RM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universit\u00e0 degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indirizzo: Largo Sant’Eufemia, 19, 41121, Modena MO<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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