Il Regno

Il Regno
CategoriesReligious magazine
FrequencyBimonthly
FounderNorthern Italian Province of Dehonian Fathers
Founded1956
CountryItaly
Based inBologna
LanguageItalian language
WebsiteIl Regno
ISSN0034-3498

Il Regno (Italian: the Kingdom) is a Catholic magazine published by the Northern Italian Province of Dehonian Fathers in Bologna, Italy. The magazine has been in circulation since 1956.

History and profile

Il Regno was launched in 1956 by the Northern Italian Province of Dehonian Fathers.[1][2] The magazine is based in Bologna.[3] From 1964 the magazine has published a supplement which covered the Pontifical documents.[1][4] It has a left-wing political stance and opposed the ban on contraceptives in 1966.[5][6]

Il Regno was published on a bimonthly basis until 2015 when it folded.[1] Later the magazine was restarted.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andrea Gagliarducci (18 July 2015). "The slow demise of Catholic magazines in Italy". Catholic News Agency. Rome. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. London; New York: Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
  3. ^ Daniela Saresella (2017). "The Battle for Divorce in Italy and Opposition from the Catholic World (1861–1974)". Journal of Family History. 42 (4): 401–418. doi:10.1177/0363199017725468. S2CID 148963172.
  4. ^ "Il Regno" (in Italian). Paoline Store. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ Francesca Vassalle; Massimo Faggioli (2018). "A Kind of Reformation in Miniature: The Paradoxical Impact of Humanae Vitae in Italy". In Alana Harris (ed.). The Schism of ’68: Catholicism, Contraception and Humanae Vitae in Europe, 1945-1975. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 222. ISBN 978-3-319-70811-9.
  6. ^ Patrick McCarthy (1997). "Italy: A new language for a new politics?". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 2 (3): 349. doi:10.1080/13545719708454957.
  7. ^ "La rivista "Il Regno" continua: evviva!" (in Italian). Il blog di Luigi Accattoli. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2021.