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Mid 1950s–early 1960s The economic boom 1961 Mater et magistra issued by Pope John XXIII Vatican II Council 1963 John XXIII Church encyclical Pacem in Terris revokes excommunication of Communists Aldo Moro (DC) premier of Center Left government 1964 Piano Solo coup extreme Right attempt led by General De Lorenzo foiled 1966 Flooding in Florence and Venice talian politics in the early 1960s was characterized by reformist trends. In 1962, Ithe Socialist Party entered into a coalition government led by the Christian Democrat Aldo Moro in 1962 after another split between pro-Soviet and pro- Western factions in the Socialist Party caused by the PSI approval of NATO, which had prevented the Soviet Union from spreading west after WWII. There were reactions to this political trend from the extreme Right, in particular, in the failed coup attempt let by General De Lorenzo in 1964, spoofed by Monicelli in his film Vogliamo I colonelli/We Want the Colonels (1973). Reforms extended to religious life in the country. When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, his successor Angelo Roncalli, John XXIII (1881–1963) (il papa buono—the good pope), moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church. John XXIII’s Vatican II Council of 1962 sought to
Published: Oct 6, 2015
Keywords: Economic Boom; Protestant Work Ethic; American Film; John XXIII; Italian Film
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