A 2º Conferência do Episcopado Católico Latino-Americano e a rebeldia jovem por direitos nos longos anos 1960

Abstract

The long 1960s’ were a period of changing in a lot of social spheres. The growing youth population was eager to turn the world into a more fair and free one. It was happening the Second Vatican Council in the Catholic Church at once, and later the Medellín Conference. The aim of this article is to put down, using Medellín Conference conclusion abstracts, that the Catholic Church was conscious of the time’s ethos it was in and it agreed with brasilian progressive youth in its struggle for rights who were part of this time´s ethos too.