Catholicism During The Dirty War

The Dirty War took place from 1976 to 1983. The Argentine military dictatorship attempted to purify society of leftists. Argentina was almost entirely Catholic at this time, and thus these Catholics were fighting each other. One common argument for the positivity of religion is that it unites people. However, in this case, the commonality of Catholicism did nothing to prevent the massacre of tens of thousands of civilians.
During the Dirty War, Argentine Catholics were divided into three very contradictory groups: conservative Catholics, institutional Catholics, and committed Catholics. The conservative Catholics wanted to purify Argentina of many people, including the committed Catholics, who continued to aid the poor.

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