Uma instituição universal e a reposição regional de seus quadros: comentários com base em um estudo de caso

Abstract

In this paper, I propose to analyze the presence of Catholicism in contemporary Brazil, having as background the history of the Church in the country and, as the central focus, a case study. This analysis is especially relevant if we consider that Catholicism in Brazil is declining for at least three decades. To address this decline in addition to increased performance space of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, 20 years ago the Catholic Church in Brazil has invested in the creation of new parishes and the training of new priests. However, this increased supply of ministers themselves do not necessarily respond to the difficulties, it is not always the profile of training of new priests and the dynamics of identity construction of new and existing parishes easily fit. The current study explores a social drama that emerges in the tension among a young priest and different groups of parishioners in a parish on the outskirts of the traditional Rio de Janeiro, explaining challenges institutional and social life just worked for the social science literature.