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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION OF THE ROME-CATHOLIC HIGHER CLERGY IN GALICIA IN THE EARLY 1900's. (English)

The article examines the socio-political orientations of the higher Roman Catholic clergy in Galicia in the early twentieth century. It was found that at the appointed time there were significant social upheavals: the suppression of workers' demonstrations in Lviv, the peasant strikes of 1902, etc. The church could not stay away from those events. In the article, we analyzed the idea of the establishment of a Catholic organization by representatives of the clergy and secular intelligentsia, which would strengthen the role of the Roman Catholic Church in society. In our study, we proved that the Church, on the one hand, tried to solve urgent social issues, on the other hand, to oppose Christian democracy to social democracy. The newly established organization, the Catholic-Social Union (CSU), was apolitical and aimed to unite all parts of society in order to solve religious, social, economic, and educational problems. The CSU played an important role in the establishment of the Polish social and Christian movement in Galicia, especially in the Diocese of Przemyśl. Instead, the Catholic clergy tried to support the Poles in Galicia. In our article, we assessed the socio-political orientation of the higher Roman Catholic clergy in Galicia in the early 20th century. The principles of Christian democracy differed from the views of moderate democrats, as they recognized the supremacy of the lower strata of the population over the higher ones. The main tasks of the CSU were to strengthen Catholic principles in public, family, and personal life, as well as in the education of young people, improving social relations in the spirit of Christian justice, protection of national rights and interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

У статті досліджено суспільно-політичні орієнтації вищого римо-ка- толицького духовенства в Галичині на початку ХХ ст. З’ясовано, що в ок- реслений час відбулися значні соціальні потрясіння: придушення робітничих демонстрацій у Львові, селянські страйки 1902 р. тощо. Церква не могла залишитисm осторонь зазначених подій. Проаналізовано ідею утворення представниками духовенства і світської інтелігенції католицької організа- ції, яка б посилила роль Римо-Католицької Церкви в суспільстві. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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