BETWEEN UNION AND DIVISION: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND CHILEAN CATHOLICS (1961-1971)
Inspired by the Church social doctrine, the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) proposed in 1964 a program of gradual transformations, the “Revolution in Liberty.” Western Catholics mobilized in favor of its candidate, Eduardo Frei Montalva, to avoid a second Cuba. However, his government’s actions (19...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO) |
| Repository: | Mosaico (Goiânia) |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.seer.pucgoias.edu.br:article/12632 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.pucgoias.edu.br/index.php/mosaico/article/view/12632 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Chile. Democracia cristiana. Catolicismo. Anticomunismo. Década de 1960. Chile Democracia Cristã Catolicismo Anticomunismo Anos 1960 Christian Democracy Catholicism Anticommunism 1960s |
| Summary: | Inspired by the Church social doctrine, the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) proposed in 1964 a program of gradual transformations, the “Revolution in Liberty.” Western Catholics mobilized in favor of its candidate, Eduardo Frei Montalva, to avoid a second Cuba. However, his government’s actions (1964-1970), Second Vatican Council repercussions and Cold War political polarization divided Chilean Catholicism into three thirds. Based on American and European sources, this text demonstrates that the fi rst peak of Christian Democracy was accompanied by the anti-communist Catholic world’s splitting. It fi rst analyzes how Catholics supported Frei and his party in the years 1961-1964, then covers the conservative reaction to Christian Democratic politics. Finally, it will develop how some Catholics were inspired by Marxist sources and supported a more radical option in the late 1960s. |
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