FREIS FRANCISCANOS SOB A DITADURA CIVIL-MILITAR: PIRES DO RIO, GOIÁS, 1964-1985.

Abstract

The course of the relationship between Church and State in Brazil was marked by alliances and cooperation. After the civil-military coup (1964), more precisely after the publication of the Institutional Act Nr. 5 (AI-5) in 1968, the institution moves away

rights and return to democracy. The present research analyzes the political conception present in the discourses and actions of the Franciscan friars of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Pires do Rio, Goiás, in its relationship with the State during the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985), as well as the reflexes of such positions and practices for their faithful. To this end, we developed a theoretical reflection on the concepts of Church (Weber and Bourdieu), Catholic Church (Vallier and Bruneau), power and politics (Arendt, Bobbio and Weber) and memory (Pollack, Halbwachs, Bosi etc.), and we discussed the diversity of that institution through models, wings and tendencies presented by Mainwaring, Skidmore and Sofiati. Finally, we compared documents of the parish in question with documents of the Diocese of Ipameri and of the Institute of Historical Research and Studies of Central Brazil (Goiás IPEHBC-PUC), as well as interviews and accounts of the faithful and of the friars of that parish. As a result of this investigation, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Pires do Rio, Goiás fitted in the framework of the moderate wing (according to Skidmore) of the Catholic Church.