QQC: Research

Quote: "Catholic radio & television programs were forced to close down."

Question: Why would the revolutionaries turn against the church?

Comment: During the time of the revolution 70-75% of the Cuban population were Catholic. Since religion heavily influenced a majority of the population, I find it odd that the revolutionaries would publicly oppose the church. During the first stages of the revolution the church and revolution lived amongst each other without conflict. But the when the revolutionaries started to deny the church information about certain operations, things started to go downhill. Things continued to digress as the years of the revolution continued and towards the end of the revolution the church and revolutionaries were not co-existing peacefully. Verbal attacks and arrests began to occur in the church. The reason behind these arrests were due to priests possessing counterrevolutionary contraband. Due to the threat of becoming a suspect, the number of priests went down in mass numbers. Personally I think that to gain more followers the revolutionary leaders should have humored the church and let them think they were fully involved in whatever actions &/or decisions were taking place. In doing so the church would have not as frequently opposed the revolutionaries tactics and beliefs. Therefore the church would have sent a positive vibe towards the revolution to the many Catholics that attended mass (Catholic service) during that time period. Therefore there would have been less counterrevolutionary activity and the revolution would have been more successful or at least their operations would've ran more smoothly.