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1. EL EJÉRCITO DE CRISTO REY. MOVILIZACIÓN CATÓLICA EN BUENOS AIRES, 1934-1945.

Author

Alberto Romero, Luis

Subjects
*CHURCH & state, *POLITICAL participation of Catholics, *TWENTIETH century, INTERNATIONAL Eucharistic Congress, HISTORY of the Catholic Church & state, CATHOLIC Church conferences, 20TH century Argentine history
Abstract

In October, 1934, on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress, one million Catholics gathered at Buenos Aires to show their faith and support of the Catholic Church. Those public meetings went on for ten years, as part of a Catholic political mobilization -The Army of Cristo Rey- in times of a strong political radicalization. This paper examines the characteristics of this phenomenon, which combined in a unique way three elements: the hierarchy of the Church, Catholic activists and common Catholic believers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010