TITLE PAGE: CASE STUDY 2 Questions for exploration: What did some reform-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hope that the pope might do during his visit to that country? What position did the pope eventually make clear to the Nicaraguan priests? Why were some Nicaraguan Catholics disappointed with the pope’s position on political action? What did they correctly as it proved‚ fear might happen after the pope’s visit? Introduction; The New World beginning in 1492 brought about the Christian
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The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The reformed-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hoped that the Pope was going to say some words of consolation to the families which daily lose loved ones to the counterrevolution‚ especially since just days before 17 outstanding members of the Sandinista Youth Organization‚ killed in an ambush‚ and had been buried after a memorial
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The Catholic Church’s opposition to the revolutionary government came to a head when Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in 1983. Both the Nicaraguan government and the Sandinista government were eager for the pope’s visit. The Catholic church was expected to receive great support and moral legitimacy from the Pope when it came to the opposition of the Sandinista government. The church was in hopes of the Pope’s support to the peace process while assuming the role of mediator and voicing his dislike
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Running head: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH xxxx HUMN xxx xxxx February 11‚ 2011 In 1983‚ Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in response to word that a growing alliance between priests and Marxists revolutionaries was emerging in Latin America. Historically‚ the Catholic Church in Europe had taken a strong anti-communist stance. And so the emerging alliance troubled Pope John Paul II despite the fact that priests claimed they were simply doing what Christ would do in championing
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The Catholics Fire Back Morgan Bradshaw March 12‚ 2013 English IV 7th Hour Through the years there have been many religious reforms. Some reforms had more consequences than others‚ but the Catholic Reformation was one of the biggest. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was a fighting force that did not start with a huge bang‚ even though the reform started slow‚ it eventually began to gain heed; the Reformation was a fire back at the Protestants. The Catholic-Counter Reformation
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Catholic Visit For my third religious visit‚ I decided to attend a Catholic Church‚ St. Mathews. I used to go to service with my friends when I was much younger‚ but never really had an understanding about it until my recent visit. Since It had been a while‚ I couldn’t remember what was appropriate attire for the service so I called the church before going to ask what I should wear. The lady on the phone said for women‚ they should wear something such as a nice dress‚ skirt or pants. When
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The first Catholic priests came to South America with the conquistadors and through social and political force superimposed 16th century Catholicism upon conquered peoples and in subsequent generations upon slaves arriving in the New World. Catholicism has‚ likewise‚ frequently absorbed‚ rather than confronted‚ popular folk religious beliefs. The resulting religion is often overtly Catholic but covertly pagan. Behind the Catholic facade‚ the foundations and building structure reflect varying folk
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The Catholic Church played a large role in colonial Latin American society. The Church served as a unifying institution in a society made up of many different kinds of people - Europeans‚ Africans‚ Indigenous‚ and mixed-raced individuals - from a variety of economic backgrounds. Documents from the colonial period show that the Church was a maintainer of Iberian social order‚ and its officials and priests were expected to serve as exemplars of their religion. The Church maintained order and conveyed
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long-distance trade toinclude European and African kingdoms. However‚ no sustained contactoccurred between the eastern and western hemisphere. During the timeperiod between 1450 and 1750 C.E.‚ the two hemispheres were linkedand for the first time in world history‚ long-distance trade becametruly worldwide. QUESTIONS OF PERIODIZATION This era includes only 300 years‚ but some profound andlong-lasting changes occurred. Characteristics of the time between1450 and 1750 include: 1) The globe was encompassed -
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The new Latin American empires of Spain and Portugal maintained special contacts with the West. Western forms were imposed on indigenous cultures as the militarily superior European invaders conquered their lands. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. The Iberians mixed with native populations and created new political and social forms. The resulting mixture of European‚ African‚ and Indian cultures created a distinctive civilization. Indian civilization‚ although
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