The catholic press in Brazil as an instrument of approximation between Brazil and Rome during second world war

Abstract

The proposition of the study is to analyze the figure of Pope Pius XII and how the Vatican acted on the international scene during the World War II. Starting from the analysis of the actions of the Roman Pontiff from 1939 to 1945, through the magazine A Ordem and Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira (REB), we seek understand the line of political action from the Vatican published in the Brazilian press in this period. We analyze how the speeches of Pope Pius XII arrived to the Brazilian readers and their eff ectiveness in the rapprochement between Rome and Brazil, as well as a reaction generated in midst the instability of international politics.

Keywords

• Igreja Católica. Imprensa brasileira. Papa Pio XII.