La hora de los laicos: un ejemplo de liderazgo seglar en la peregrinación de obreros españoles a Roma en 1894

Abstract

The Hour of the Laity: An Example of Secular Leadership in the Pilgrimage of Spanish Workers to Rome in 1894

Weakened by political struggles and under the threat of the upsurge of revolutionary ideologies, Spanish militant Catholics organized a great pilgrimage of workers to Pope Leo XIII in April 1894. This journey to Rome, that had important political overtones, was led by businessman Claudio López Bru, second marquis of Comillas, who exemplified the importance of the secular movement in social Catholic action in a difficult moment for the European Church.

Received:  14-02-2005