“liberation Theology”
Excerpt from a random novel that stuck me:
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[Steve “You recall, I’m sure, when Pope Pail VI denounced so-called ‘liberation theology.’He ordered socially active priests in South and Central America to stop speaking out against the atrocities of their governments. Those priests were demanding change, yet the Holy Father spoke of it as ‘fomenting rebellion.’”
[Veltroni “Of course I remember. He was concerned lest the Church be evicted from those countries, an the people thus denied the grace and sacraments of their faith. The Church cannot minister long distance, Steve. We must be on the ground, in a place, to offer the Eucharist.”
“I understand that.” Steve said. “But I ask you this. Did Jesus worry about offending the local authorities?”
Veltroni drew a breath.
Steve smiled faintly. “It makes you think, doesn’t it? Jesus spoke out for the oppressed in every instance. He was willing to die to save all those people who weren’t’ allowed to se t foot in the Temple because they were deemed unclean.
. . .So I ask you again, am I pledged to protect the Word or the Church?”
From The Jericho Pact (p 43-44)~ Rachel Lee
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