TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking the evolution of the portuguese catholic centre, in dialogue with three questions that have explained its history
AU - Santos, Paula Borges
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article discusses the life cycle of the Portuguese Catholic Centre (CC – Centro Católico) between 1919 and 1940, considering that this organization possessed a structural problem of tactical and strategic weakness that prevented its consolidation as a party formation with wide popular support. It also discusses how the regime question was not the main obstacle preventing it from carrying out its plan for the ‘political union of Catholics’ cherished by the religious authorities. Some fracturing issues within the CC, such as the party question or the emergence of the paradigm of Catholic Action, are considered. The article also reflects on the final years of the CC, from its deactivation policy in 1926 to its extinction in 1940, which was formally decided by the bishops following the negotiation of the Concordat between Portugal and the Holy See, demonstrating that the performance of Salazar on the CC was not the determining factor in its dissolution.
AB - This article discusses the life cycle of the Portuguese Catholic Centre (CC – Centro Católico) between 1919 and 1940, considering that this organization possessed a structural problem of tactical and strategic weakness that prevented its consolidation as a party formation with wide popular support. It also discusses how the regime question was not the main obstacle preventing it from carrying out its plan for the ‘political union of Catholics’ cherished by the religious authorities. Some fracturing issues within the CC, such as the party question or the emergence of the paradigm of Catholic Action, are considered. The article also reflects on the final years of the CC, from its deactivation policy in 1926 to its extinction in 1940, which was formally decided by the bishops following the negotiation of the Concordat between Portugal and the Holy See, demonstrating that the performance of Salazar on the CC was not the determining factor in its dissolution.
KW - Catholic parties
KW - Dictatorship
KW - Politics
KW - Portugal
KW - Religion
KW - Salazar
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920067112&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1386/pjss.13.3.269_1
DO - 10.1386/pjss.13.3.269_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920067112
VL - 13
SP - 269
EP - 286
JO - Portuguese Journal of Social Science
JF - Portuguese Journal of Social Science
SN - 1476-413X
IS - 3
ER -