A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT FOR THE "DEFEATED" CATHOLICISM. ESQUIÚ AND THE ARRIVAL OF COMMUNION AND LIBERATION, 1987-1989

Authors

  • Mariano David FABRIS UNMdP-CEHis-CONICET

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/eishir.v3i5.185

Keywords:

Church, democracy, Catholicism, catholic press

Abstract

For three decades the weekly magazine Esquiú was one of the main references in the Argentina’s Catholic press on a massive scale. However, the 80's were critical; renewal in the format of the publication -and to a much lesser extent in content- did not stop the decline in sales and the magazine ended up disappearing early in the next decade. Earlier, in 1987, Esquiú was acquired by Communion and Liberation (CL), a vast and complex Catholic movement from Italy. In this paper we analyze this situation to see how the new leaders of the journal interpellated its readers and what space looked to occupy in the Argentine Catholicism. We will argue that, from the perspective of CL, the Esquiú magazine constituted an interpellation device of Catholics according to a repositioning project of the Church in Argentina.

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Author Biography

Mariano David FABRIS, UNMdP-CEHis-CONICET

Doctor en Historia por la UNMdP, Becario Postdoctoral de CONICET. Docente en la carrera de Sociología, UNMdP.

Published

2013-05-10

How to Cite

FABRIS, M. D. (2013). A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT FOR THE "DEFEATED" CATHOLICISM. ESQUIÚ AND THE ARRIVAL OF COMMUNION AND LIBERATION, 1987-1989. Estudios Del ISHiR, 3(5), 121–135. https://doi.org/10.35305/eishir.v3i5.185