Church and revolution: Catholics in the struggle of democracy and social justice

The French revolution (1789-1914)

Three who failed : Lamennais (1782-1854), Lacordaire (1802-1861), and Montalembert (1810-1870), pioneers of liberal Catholicism

Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) : liberal Catholic leader of a bloodless revolution

Frederick Ozanam (1813-1853) : a "yes" to the revolution

Karl Marx's (1818-1883) call for a workers' revolution

A bishop who heard what Marx was saying : Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892)

Albert de Mun (1841-1914) : knight of the Syllabus, from royalist to reformer

Monsignor Benigni's (1862-1934) counterrevolution

Don Sturzo (1871-1959) vs. Mussolini's revolution

Two Catholic revolutionaries : Michael Collins (1890-1922) and Eamon de Valera (1882-1975)

Maritain (1882-1973) and Mournier I (1905-1950)

The personalist revolution : Maritain and Mournier II

Dorothy Day (1897-1980) : the personalist revolution, American style

Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) : the resurrection of Germany

Oscar Romero (1917-1980) and revolution in El Salvador

Lech Walesa's (1943- ) revolution.