Abstract
The notion of culture has a strategic position in the policy of Pope John Paul II. Stimulating local cultures and valuing ethnic identities have been the way this pontificate has chosen to reposition the Catholic Church at the heart of the international system. This article focuses on the way culture has been conceptualized by, and "Institutionally worked," at one of the highest levels of the Church government: the Ponitifical Council for Culture. This council, created in 1982, and its subsequent work can only be understood within the historical context of the debate over national identities that arose during the process of the unification of Europe.
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