El sinuoso camino de monseñor De Andrea al catolicismo antifascista en la década de 1940

Abstract

Monsignor Miguel de Andrea usually appears in many studies as a bishop –maybe the one at his time– who may be described as a liberal catholic or, at least, slightly separated from the most radical catholicism. These definitions are overly schematic, even more in this case than in others, perhaps: it is hard to picture his political-ideological profile without taking into account his political changes along many years. De Andrea had a prominent political and social role in interwar years, that's why it is necessary to focus on the thirties in order to explain bishop's political performance in the forties, specially in the realm of catholic antifascism. Thus, the purpose of this article is to show that the way that would lead monsignor de Andrea to antifascism –specially during Second World War– does not match in any teleology: his trajectory makes useless any lineal explanation.