Relation of the Communist Regime Towards the Catholic Church in Croatia Between 1945 and 1952 Cover Image

Odnos komunističkog režima prema Katoličkoj crkvi u Hrvatskoj od 1945. do 1952. godine
Relation of the Communist Regime Towards the Catholic Church in Croatia Between 1945 and 1952

Author(s): Slađana Josipović Batorek
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies, Theology and Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Catholic Church; communist regime; People’s Republic of Croatia; land reform; religious education; class associations; archbishop Stepinac

Summary/Abstract: Based on historical facts, published and unpublished archival materials, this work provides concise analysis of relations between the Church and the state in Croatia between 1945 and 1952,that is from the period when the Communist Party of Yugoslavia became the ruling party untilthe break-up of diplomatic relations with the Holy See. Since this was a quite dynamic period interms of socio-political changes, as well as Church-state relations, the article emphasizes onlythose aspects that constitute the foundation of the conflict between the Catholic Church and thecommunist regime such as religious education in schools and catholic clergy’s class associations.Moreover, in the introductory part of the work ideological and political causes of the conflictare briefly explained, as well as relations of the Church and the state in the post-war period witha view to better understanding of the position of the Catholic Church and the overall context of thecatholic religious life in time to come.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 129-144
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian