Dickinson College Dickinson Scholar Student Honors Theses By Year Student Honors Theses 5-21-2017 Prayers of Peace and Protest: The Relationship between the Catholic Church and Chile's Socialist and Military Governments (1970-1990) Olivia Migliori Dickinson College Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.dickinson.edu/student_honors Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, Latin American History Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, and the Politics and Social Change Commons Recommended Citation Migliori, Olivia, "Prayers of Peace and Protest: The Relationship between the Catholic Church and Chile's Socialist and Military Governments (1970-1990)" (2017). Dickinson College Honors Theses. Paper 287. This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Dickinson Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Prayers of Peace and Protest: The Relationship between the Catholic Church and Chile’s Socialist and Military Governments (1970-1990) by Olivia Migliori Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Honors Requirements for the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Department Dickinson College Marcelo Borges, Supervisor Elise Bartosik-Vélez, Reader Susan Rose, Reader May 12, 2017 Carlisle, Pennsylvania May 14, 2017 ABSTRACT In this work I examine the relationship between the Chilean Catholic Church and the socialist government of Salvador Allende (1970-1973) as well as the military government of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). In the years preceding Allende’s election, an ideological current emerged in Chilean religion and politics that emphasized a focus on social justice. This swell of leftist ideas created a tension within both the Church and the country that continued into Allende’s presidency.