Maio de 68 nas páginas da revista Catolicismo (Edição 809º)

Abstract

This article aims to understand how May 1968 is presented in the 809th edition of the magazine Catolicismo. Founded in 1951 by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the magazine Catolicismo presents itself as a monthly magazine of culture and current affairs from the prism of Catholic doctrine, and on the fiftieth anniversary of the events of May 68, it brought as its headline “SORBONNE MAIO DE 68 Radical Rebellion Against the Values of Christianity 50 Years Later, What's Left? Based on the conception of the press as an active social force endowed with intentionality, I seek to apprehend the magazine's objective in bringing May 1968 into the context of 2018. So, first, I present the historical relevance of May 1968 to history. And after assimilating the time frame presented by the magazine and the methodological theoretical aspects that its analysis requires, I seek to place the magazine in its field of action, that of the Brazilian Catholic press. After this contextualization, I develop the history of Catholicism over its 72 years. From an ultramontane point of view, Catholicism condemns the events of 1968, which is credited to the social, cultural and customs changes that occurred in the last 50 years. Based on the work “Revolution and Counter-Revolution” by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the magazine understands May 1968 as a revolution of trends whose focus was mentalities, and it is credited with the decline in the number of Catholic faithful in recent decades and in the context of 2018, it would be up to the magazine's readers to combat the evils of this revolution.