Catholic Church-Revolution Conflict in the Holguin Municipality between 1959 and 1976.

Abstract

This article addresses the relations of the Catholic Church with the Revolutionary State between 1959 and 1976 in the territory of the Holguín municipality due to the non-existence of a study that analyzes them with the depth and rigor necessary to reveal their peculiarities and incidence in the society of said territory. Primary sources of archives were used, interviews with personalities of the Catholic Church of the municipal term; the secondary sources collect the scientific literature that addresses the history of the Catholic Church in Cuba and texts written by the Catholic Church as well as the work of writers from the municipal area that has approached its history. Theoretical (analysis and criticism of sources, hermeneutic and historical-logical) and empirical (interview) methods were used. The final results made it possible to reveal these relationships marked by the establishment of a conflict between both parties due to the contradictions between the conceptions, interests and ideology of the Catholic Church and those of the new classes that came to power.