Sobre Revolución y Transformación: Iglesia Católica chilena y Alianza para el Progreso

This article analyzes the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Alliance for Progress, within the framework of this regional assistance body dedicated to achieving economic development and institutional strengthening, with the aim of avoiding guerrilla warfare experiences such as the one experienced in Cuba. In this context, it can be considered that the development of the Alliance project in Chile was influenced by the Catholic Church’s lines of thought and action dating back to the 1930s and fostered by the social conditions of the time, coupled with the impact of social encyclicals addressing the labor and social issues. For this purpose, the study draws on contemporary Catholic publications, pastoral letters from the Chilean Episcopal Commission, speeches and documents from the Alliance for Progress, as well as speeches, and writings by Monsignor Manuel Larraín Errázuriz.