Title: Vatican and Catholic Activism in Mexico and Chile
Description: Andes examines Vatican policy towards Catholic social and political movements in Mexico and Chile in the 1920s and 1930s. He argues that conflict within the Church between Vatican officials, bishops, and lay Catholics influenced Catholic social and political participation in the public sphere in Mexico and Chile. Both countries experienced similar conflicts between Church and state during the 1920s and 1930s.
Subjects: Catholic church, mexico, Chile, history, Catholics, History, Political activity, Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929, Catholic Church