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An analysis is presented of the SP att's of the Catholic Church in Brazil. The hierarchy, consisting of 4 cardinals, 30 archbishops & 128 bishops, is divided into: (1) ultra-reactionaries; (2) conservatives; (3) moderates; & (4) progressives (Dom Helder Camara & Dom Eugenio de Araujo Sales, Bishop of Natal, who started the soc'ly conscious Natal Movement in 1948). The 8,500 priests (3,500 secular & 5,000 regular) are split into the same 4 groups & a 5th, which is classified as 'revolutionary.' The laymen form 3 pol'ly-oriented groups: (a) Me Catholic reformists; (b) nonrevolutionary Catholic socialists; & (c) revolutionary Catholic socialists. The military coup of 1964, which unseated President J. Goulart, provoked mixed Catholic reactions along these lines; but it is concluded that today 'the chief thrust of the decision-making process is to the left.' I. Langnas.