WELCOMING THE MIGRANTS: INTERNATIONAL CONCERN VS NATIONAL RESISTANCES IN THE CATHOLIC WORLD

Blandine Chelini-Pont (1, 2)

1 GSRL - Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités
2 LID2MS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Droit des Médias et Mutations Sociales

This presentation focuses, on present-day international Catholic initiatives for the benefit of migrants. Why, despite huge and longstanding institutional mobilization on behalf of migrants, despite very active international networking from specialized NGOs, this concern remains somehow very secondary in Catholic consciences and is even becoming unpopular.

Keywords: Catholic teaching; Catholic divisions; Catholicism; Migrations

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; History; Humanities and Social Sciences; Religions

Blandine Chelini-Pont. WELCOMING THE MIGRANTS: INTERNATIONAL CONCERN VS NATIONAL RESISTANCES IN THE CATHOLIC WORLD. 2018 IRLA Meeting of Experts. Freedom of Religion or Belief in an Age of Unprecedented Human Mobility Forging New Approaches to the Conflict of Identities and Integration, Nov 2018, Cordoue, Spain. ⟨hal-02294791⟩