Liberation Theology

Pope Francis: “If I See the Gospel in a Sociological Way Only, Yes, I Am a Communist, and So Too Is Jesus”

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Pope Francis: “If I See the Gospel in a Sociological Way Only, Yes, I Am a Communist, and So Too Is Jesus”

Last November, Pope Francis gave the Jesuits of left-leaning America magazine an extensive and exclusive interview on “a wide range of topics . . . including polarization in the U.S. church, racism, the war in Ukraine, the Vatican’s relations with China and church teaching on the ordination of women.”1 “I Am a Communist, and So … Read more

New Book Shows Why Americans Must be Concerned about Liberation Theology Today

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New Book Shows Why Americans Must be Concerned about Liberation Theology Today

The following article is adapted from John Horvat’s foreword for the book Liberation Theology How Marxism Infiltrated the Catholic Church written by Julio Loredo de Izcue. *          *          * Many look at liberation theology as a Latin American phenomenon that need not concern Americans. In 1971, Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian theologian, released the movement’s seminal book, A Theology … Read more