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Obstacles to Change in the Church: Lessons from Four Brazilian Dioceses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Thomas C. Bruneau
Thomas C. Bruneau*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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A review of the popular and even scholarly literature dealing with the Catholic Church in Latin America during the last decade will leave the reader confused. The books, articles, and media coverage in comparison with each other are ambiguous and at times contradictory. If on the one hand the Church is described as the fastest-changing institution on the continent, there is on the other hand ample proof put forth that the institution is stagnant and in many cases apparently bankrupt. While some students point to the emergence of militant clergy groups such as the Golconda movement in Colombia or Priests of the Third World in Argentina, others as easily argue that these movements are beyond the institution and without significance in the larger society. And for every time the Church is shown siding with the poor and oppressed, two instances are held up in which words are not followed by action.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 395 - 414
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Copyright © University of Miami 1973

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