From Sucre to Santo Domingo (1972-1992)

This piece will deal with the History of the Church in Latin America from 1972 to 1992. This period covers twenty years that unite the XIV Assembly of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM) in Sucre (Bolivia) to the IV General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).2 From 1968 to 1972, the Latin American Church was led by CELAM, which had undergone an enormous process of prophetic renewal. In Sucre, CELAM would change its path forward and, with this, begin a period of conflict that continues into the beginning of the twenty-first century.