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Popular Organizations and the Church: Thoughts from Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel H. Levine*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

Abstract

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Type
Commentary on Mainwaring
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1984

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References

1. A key figure here has been CELAM's long-term Secretary General and President, Msgr. Alfonso López Trujillo. He was recently promoted to Cardinal.

2. A recent example is the hierarchy's condemnation of the Jesuit center, CINEP. Heavy pressure was exerted, both in Rome and within Colombia, to force changes in CINEP's leadership and orientation.

3. This is the case, for example, in Brazil, Chile, and in much of Central America.