Orden Cristiano y el nuevo orden mundial (1941- 1948)

Abstract

The catholic, antifascist, liberal and democratic magazine Christian Order was published between 1941 and 1948. The article examines the view adopted by the fortnightly publication as regards the structure that the new international order should adopt. It will be argued that the conformation of a “Christian order” (shape that the new international order should assume) depended on the resolution of the following equation: how to reconcile order and freedom, state authority and individual autonomy, social justice and capitalism, and Catholicism and pluralism. In this sense, to appreciate the answer provided by the magazine, the context of production will be analyzed. Moreover it will be discussed to what extent Christian Order was a liberal Catholic publication. Finally through the analysis of the Chinese and Argentinean situation the articulation of the different principles, that had to be present in the new international order, will be valued.