Diplomatie pontificale, diplomatie française.Convergences et distances à l’heure du concile Vatican II et du gaullisme (1958-1969)

Abstract

The 1960s were a key period in the relations between France and the Holy See in a context of internal changes and the redeployment of their presence in the world. The declared desire for understanding was facilitated by the pacification of bilateral relations and the reintegration of Catholicism into the Republic since the 1920s. A Catholic by conviction, General de Gaulle integrated Catholicism, a Roman Catholicism and not a Gallican one, into his representation of the city. Knowledgeable about France and its Church, John XXIII and Paul VI appreciated the country's capacity to lead in international life. The convergences that emerged were real. But they were fraught with ambiguity, and the crises at the end of the decade, both domestically and internationally, in the life of the Church and in political and social life, helped to highlight them.

Keywords

• Gaullism
• Vatican II
• John XXIII
• Paul VI
• Papal diplomacy
• French diplomacy