The Catholic Right

The chapter deals with the Catholic Right in the Italian Republic, starting to consider three different entities: the ecclesiastical right; the Christian democratic right; a Catholic right active in various organizations other than the DC. The complexity of the relations between these different entities influenced the internal dynamics of the Christian-inspired party and its political orientations. The main issues analyzed concern 1. the Institutional question and the national reconciliation after Fascism; 2. the political election of April 18, 1948; 3. the difficult dialogue with the Socialist party that brought to the center-left government during the Sixties.