%0 Journal Article
%T One pope, two churches: Refugees, human rights and religion in Croatia and Italy
%A Giuseppe Giordan
%A Sini£¿a Zrin£¿£¿ak
%J Social Compass
%@ 1461-7404
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0037768617745481
%X This article analyses the responses of the Catholic Church in Croatia and Italy to the refugee crisis, particularly the churches¡¯ discourses on human rights issues and positions in public debates on refugees and migrants. Although both Catholic churches followed the Church¡¯s teachings on ¡®strangers¡¯, associated with providing concrete help to people in need, the Catholic Church in Croatia pursued what can be classified as a charitable approach, while the Catholic Church in Italy followed solidarity and utilitarian approaches. Equally, the Catholic Church in Croatia remained a silent public actor in the refugee crisis, while the Catholic Church in Italy became a prominent actor in public debates, engaging with human rights discourses. The selective and ambivalent uses of human rights discourses emerged as a factor in understanding these two churches¡¯ different positions on refugees and migrants
%K Catholic Church
%K Croatia
%K human rights
%K Italy
%K refugees
%K Croatie
%K droits de l¡¯homme
%K ¨¦glise catholique
%K Italie
%K r¨¦fugi¨¦s
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0037768617745481