CATHOLIC SCHOOL, THE. - Journal of religious sciences, published under the care of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of the Milanese Seminary at Venegono Inferiore (Varese), founded in Milan in 1873 by a group of Lombard priests who had formerly been students of the Roman pontifical faculties (F. Sala, G. Zocchi, D. Albertario, A. Agliardi), with the support of Msgr. Paolo Ballerini (v.) who had founded and directed from 1841 to 1856 the Amico cattolico, whose heritage the S. C. was to take up.
The first director was the then bishop of Pavia, Msgr. L. M. Parrocchi; he was succeeded by: in 1877 L. Nicola, in 1888 C. Brera, in 1902 (when the S. C. became the organ of the Theological Faculty) P. Calchi Novati and D. Minoretti, in 1906 G. Nogata (a period of splendor and of opposition), in 1912 C. Pellegrini, in 1915 G. Tredici, in 1922 A. Bernareggi, in 1931 (at Venegono) C. Figini, in 1948 G. B. Guzzetti. Until 1880 the S. C. had a predominantly apologetic character of defense of the Vatican Council, with the programmatic motto: «Col papa sopra tutto ad ogni costo», and with a fixed political column due to D. Albertario, continued thereafter until 1890 by D. Panizzi. From 1891 to 1901 the S. C. bore as its subtitle e Scienza italiana, having merged with this periodical, directed by G. Cornoldi S. J., formerly «organ of the philosophical-medical Academy of St. Thomas», and it also welcomed articles on the natural sciences (by P. Maffi and C. Gaffuri) and on sociology (by G. Toniolo, F. Meda, A. Mauri, etc.). Passing in 1902 to the Theological Faculty, it dropped the subtitle and assumed the character of high-level popularization of the religious sciences, with a predominance of the theological and philosophical ones.
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