Talk:Roman Catholicism's links with political authorities/Article sandbox

Catholic missionaries at the Chinese court
Matteo Ricci

Pius X - back to 'Throne and Altar'
Pope Pius X clashed with the anti-clericalism of France's Third Republic which abolished religious orders and introduced a complete separation of church and state.



Italy
In 1931 Pius issued the encyclical Non Abbiamo Bisogno. In 1938 Pope Pius XI spoke with "bitter sadness" of Italy's anti-Semitic laws, the harrying of Italian Catholic Action groups, and the reception Mussolini gave Adolf Hitler in the same year.

Germany
In many parts of the country Catholics&mdash;along with liberals, socialists and communists&mdash;opposed Hitler, although in largely Catholic Bavaria the Catholic BVP favoured the Nazis. However many clergy opposed the Nazis and were arrested. In 1937 Pius XI condemned in one of his last encyclical - Mit Brennender Sorge - the Nazi ideology of racism.

The Second Vatican Council
endorsement of democracy, freedom of assembly, religion, concept of 'people of God', Dignitatis Humanae

Liberation Theology
Association between marxism and catholicism. Allegations of Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Lorschider. FSLN

The Church and Central and South America
In many cases in South America the Catholic church has been a centre of resistance to oppresive regimes. See for example Oscar Romero

Jean Bertrand Aristide

The church establishment and regimes
Argentina has a constitutional requirement that the President must be a Roman Catholic.

allegations of official church support for Augusto Pinochet - Church role in coup against Allende.

Argentina. Nuncios' role.

In Mexico the Catholic clergy were banned.

The radical church and regimes
Local church opposition to Marcos, Pinochet, Smith, Mugabe, Apartheid South Africa, the Indonesian occupation of East Timor.

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association