L'impatto dell'immigrazione sulle congregazioni cristiane: la pluralizzazione del Cristianesimo nella regione Veneto

Guglielmi, Marco

doi:10.3280/mm2020-001005

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“…These figures sound higher than the percentages found in the congregations study conducted in Bologna, Brescia, and Milano. It should be also emphasized that the number of immigrants is higher in the regions of Central and Northern Italy-i.e., in the three cities where the research was conducted-due to the better local economic and productive fabric [41]. Thus, the percentage of immigrants within the studied Catholic parishes should have been more significant since it is supposed to be higher than in parishes located in Southern Italy and the Islands.…”

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“…Likely, also due to the significant presence of the Catholic Church in the public sphere in Italy [45] (pp. [41][42][43][44] and the established space reserved by the main Italian political parties for Catholicism in the national arena [46], the assessed Catholic parishes appeared to refrain from developing organized initiatives or engaging in formal acts of political involvement on this highly debated issue at the local level.…”

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Catholic Parishes and Immigrants in Italy: Insights from the Congregations Study in Three Italian Cities

Guglielmi,

Breskaya,

Sbalchiero

2024

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As shown by sociological studies, the Catholic Church in Italy is very active in conducting advocacy and providing political representation to immigrants. It is also highly effective in carrying out services for immigrants, as well as fairly receptive to sharing places of worship with them. However, these sociological observations have been mainly conducted at the national level rather than by exploring the life of parishes through an empirical lens. This article aims, by applying the congregations study methodology, to fill this gap by detecting faith communities as the basic social units of religious life at the city/country level. In doing that, we discuss quantitative data collected in 377 Catholic parishes in the cities of Bologna, Milan, and Brescia. The findings suggest that Catholic parishes: (i) illustrate a low proportion of immigrants in their communities; (ii) show high activity in providing services for immigrants; (iii) are not politically engaged in advocacy for foreign persons at the local level; and (iv) similarly position themselves as politically conservative and liberal while expressing commitments to immigrants. This study confirms the sociological argument regarding the solidarity approach of the Catholic Church in Italy toward immigrants, while highlighting some ambivalent aspects related to cultural diversity and grass-roots political engagement within parishes’ life.

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