“En el ADN de la democracia”. Secularización, iglesia y conflicto político en la España del siglo XXI

Abstract

This article analyses the politico-cultural conflict between the last PSOE governments and the Catholic Church hierarchy. The clashes between Joseph Ratzinger and a good share of the Spanish bishops with the former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero provide good examples of the sort of secularization brought about by the Vatican Council II’s declaration of religious freedom, in a country where the separation between the political and the ecclesiastical spheres is so recent. With the aim of framing the analysis within a wider setting, this article also reflects on the ecclesiastical fears provoked by the ongoing advancement of Islam and “moral relativism” in the West.

Keywords

• José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero
• Joseph Ratzinger
• relativism
• secularism
• Spain
• España
• relativismo
• secularismo
• secolarizzazione
• Spagna