Catholic Church in Italy
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Origin | 1st century Rome, Roman Empire |
Members | 57,000,000 |
Official website | Episcopal Conference of Italy |
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The Italian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Italy, is part of the worldwide
The
Owing to the Italian Renaissance, church art in Italy is extraordinary, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Fra Carnevale, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, Titian, Raphael, and Giotto, etc.
Italian church architecture is equally spectacular and historically important to Western culture, notably St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Cathedral of St. Mark's in Venice, and Brunelleschi's Florence Cathedral, which includes the "Gates of Paradise" doors at the Baptistery by Lorenzo Ghiberti.
The status of the Catholic Church as the sole official religion in Italy ended in 1985, with the renegotiation of the Lateran Treaty.
History
Christianity arrived on the Italian peninsula in the first century, probably by unknown travelers, traders or soldiers. The
Over its two thousand-year history, the Church of Italy grew in size and influence producing and harboring (sometimes before
Today
In 2021 approximately 79.2% of the Italian population identifies as Catholic.
The bishops in Italy make up the
Organization
The
There are two Catholic
- The Ambrosian riteis used).
- The very small Eparchy of Lungro and Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi.
The Latin Church in Italy is organized into:
- 16 ecclesiastical regions (corresponding to the regions of Italy, with some consolidations).
- 42 ecclesiastical provinces divided into:
- 1 apostolic see (Diocese of Rome).
- 1 patriarchal see (Patriarchate of Venice).
- 40 metropolitan archdioceses.
- 20 archdioceses.
- 155 dioceses (see: List of Catholic dioceses in Italy).
- 2 Territorial Prelature of Pompei.
- 6 Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, La Trinità della Cava and Subiaco.
- 1 Military Ordinariate in Italy.
- 42 ecclesiastical provinces divided into:
Catholic lay organizations
- Azione Cattolica (organization of the Catholic Action in Italy)
- Forum Oratori Italiani (umbrella of Catholic youth organizations and youth ministry)
See also
- Religion in Italy
- Christianity in Italy
- Protestantism in Italy
- Public funding of the Catholic Church in Italy
- Eastern Orthodox Church in Italy
- Oriental Orthodox Church in Italy
- List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Catholic Church in San Marino
References
- ^ "Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles". newadvent.org. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Special Eurobarometer 516". European Union: European Commission. September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021 – via European Data Portal (see Volume C: Country/socio-demographics: IT: Question D90.2.).
Further reading
- Allum, Percy. “Uniformity Undone: Aspects of Catholic Culture in Postwar Italy,” in Zygmunt Guido Baranski, Robert Lumley, eds. Culture and Conflict in Postwar Italy: Essays on Mass and Popular Culture (1990) pp. 79–96.
- Allum, Percy. "From Two into One' The Faces of the Italian Christian Democratic Party." Party Politics 3.1 (1997): 23–52.
- Binchy, Daniel A. Church and State in Fascist Italy (Oxford UP 1941) 774pp
- Ignazi, Piero, and Spencer Wellhofer. "Territory, religion, and vote: nationalization of politics and the Catholic party in Italy." Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 47.1 (2017): 21–43.
- Latourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, IV: The Twentieth Century in Europe: The Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Churches. (1958) pp 153–58.
- Pollard, John. Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics, 1861 to the Present (Routledge, 2008). a major scholarly history
- Pollard, John. "Pius XI's Promotion of the Italian Model of Catholic Action in the World-Wide Church." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63.4 (2012): 758–784.
- Warner, Carolyn M. "Christian Democracy in Italy: An alternative path to religious party moderation." Party Politics 19.2 (2013): 256–276.