‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII
The objective of this article is to analyse Mexican national pilgrimages to Rome that took place during the pontificate of Leo XIII (1878–1903). These pilgrimages occurred in the context of a global Catholic mobilisation in support of the papacy, during the so-called Roman Question. This paper’s ana...
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| description | The objective of this article is to analyse Mexican national pilgrimages to Rome that took place during the pontificate of Leo XIII (1878–1903). These pilgrimages occurred in the context of a global Catholic mobilisation in support of the papacy, during the so-called Roman Question. This paper’s analysis of these pilgrimages draws from historiography about national pilgrimages, as well as studies on Catholic mobilisation in support of the pope in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is fundamentally based on primary sources of an official nature, such as reports and other printed documents produced on the occasion of the pilgrimage. The study’s primary conclusion is that national pilgrimages to Rome had a polysemic character since they brought together various religious and national identities. The pilgrimages contributed simultaneously to reinforcing the link between Catholicism and Mexican national identity and the global dimension of Catholicism and allegiance to the Holy See. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c6d52098e614d8db03c28644fe908962023-11-22T01:51:03ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-06-0112747510.3390/rel12070475‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIIIFrancisco Javier Ramón Solans0Department of History, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, SpainThe objective of this article is to analyse Mexican national pilgrimages to Rome that took place during the pontificate of Leo XIII (1878–1903). These pilgrimages occurred in the context of a global Catholic mobilisation in support of the papacy, during the so-called Roman Question. This paper’s analysis of these pilgrimages draws from historiography about national pilgrimages, as well as studies on Catholic mobilisation in support of the pope in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is fundamentally based on primary sources of an official nature, such as reports and other printed documents produced on the occasion of the pilgrimage. The study’s primary conclusion is that national pilgrimages to Rome had a polysemic character since they brought together various religious and national identities. The pilgrimages contributed simultaneously to reinforcing the link between Catholicism and Mexican national identity and the global dimension of Catholicism and allegiance to the Holy See.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/475catholic pilgrimagesMexican CatholicismpapacyRoman QuestionultramontanismLatin America |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Javier Ramón Solans ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII Religions catholic pilgrimages Mexican Catholicism papacy Roman Question ultramontanism Latin America |
| title | ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII |
| title_full | ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII |
| title_fullStr | ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII |
| title_short | ‘A Most Select Gathering’. Mexican National Pilgrimages to Rome during the Papacy of Leo XIII |
| title_sort | a most select gathering mexican national pilgrimages to rome during the papacy of leo xiii |
| topic | catholic pilgrimages Mexican Catholicism papacy Roman Question ultramontanism Latin America |
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