Rome in Canada : The Vatican and Canadian Affairs in the Late Victorian Age

In the three decades after Confederation, an aggressive Anglo-Saxon nationalism struggled to imprint its cultural model on the emerging Canadian state. It was countered by a defensive French-Canadian nationalism chiefly articulated by a majority within the Roman Catholic clergy. In this study Roberto Perin explores the role of the Vatican in this struggle, and in the political, religious, and cultural life of Canada during this period. Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 21 1. Towards a National Church? 31 2. Rome: Another Canadian Metropolis 59 3. The Delegation: An Outsider's Inside View of the Church 90 4. Tutto e politica: A Question of Undue Influence 115 5. A House of Cards: The Laurier-Greenway Agreement and Its Aftermath 147 6. Pariahs of the Nation: Immigrants within the Church 178 7. The Delegate as Arbiter 207 Conclusion 234 Notes 249 Bibliography 301 Index 309