Televisão e autogestão: dois caminhos trilhados pelo catolicismo no Brasil

With continued reduction of adherents, Catholicism remains as a numerical majority in the Brazilian religious field. This majority has relevant participation in activities ranging from exclusively religious to secular in the areas of politics and economy. Produced from systematic literature review, as well as documentary research and analysis data collected in field work, this article aims to reflect on two distinct fronts of contemporary Catholic political action. A reflection is made about the practices of liberation catholicism, its leftist political engagement and its incisive participation in the solidarity economy movement, through the Brazilian Caritas. Subsequently, as a counterpoint, the political ties between religious and parliamentary agents for the formation and support of the charismatic television stations Cancao Nova and TV Seculo XXI are analyzed.