Religion and Anti-Communism: The Case of the Catholic Church

Abstract

In view of the phenomenon of a bipolar division between a 'free world' and a 'socialist world', it seems appropriate to examine the role played by religion in general and by Christianity in particular. This is of course a vast question and cannot be dealt with exhaustively here, circumstances vary considerably and the positions of those involved are often contradictory. All we can do here is to make some general theoretical comments and then look at a number of concrete examples, all of which concern the Roman Catholic Church.