Churches’ positions and preferences in social policy are often described in the literature as fixed over time. The article challenges this assumption. In particular, it shows how the Italian Catholic Church (CC) changed over time its position toward social assistance and migration policies. In relation to social assistance, the CC has shifted from an antagonist approach to public intervention to the support of a universal public minimum income scheme. At a time of increasing aversion towards migrants, the Catholic Church has also become one of the few core actors in Italian society advocating explicitly for more welcoming migration policies and criticising national governments, especially the populist ones. Four factors explain these changes: the way institutions have worked in this policy field, CC material interests, how new ideas on social rights and social justice have been re-elaborated within the CC and its moral authority in politics.

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最后一个反对民粹主义的演员？意大利天主教会的作用及其对社会援助和移民政策的辩护

文献中经常将教会在社会政策中的立场和偏好描述为随着时间的推移而固定的。这篇文章挑战了这个假设。特别是，它展示了意大利天主教会（CC）如何随着时间的推移改变其对社会援助和移民政策的立场。在社会救助方面，中央委员会已经从对公共干预的对抗方式转变为支持普遍的公共最低收入计划。在对移民越来越厌恶的时候，天主教会也成为意大利社会中为数不多的明确倡导更欢迎移民政策并批评国家政府，尤其是民粹主义政府的核心角色之一。四个因素解释了这些变化：机构在这一政策领域的工作方式、CC 物质利益、