Faith

Liberation theology co-founder supports declaring St. Romero 'doctor of the church'

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:11:41 -0400

WASHINGTON – One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis reflects on changed attitudes toward 'purified' liberation theology

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:16:16 -0500

VATICAN – Time, experience and reflection have "purified" liberation theology and its attempts to make clear what the Gospel says about social injustice, Pope Francis said.

Pope sends birthday greetings to Latin American theologian, liberation theology co-founder

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:48:28 -0400

VATICAN – Pope Francis wished a happy 90th birthday to the "father of liberation theology" and thanked him for his contributions to the Catholic Church and his love for the poor.

Playwright presents the Catholic Church, world in human terms

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 06:08:36 -0500

How much truth does it take to really set us free? A young journalist, a Latin American cardinal and the ghosts of his past set out to answer this difficult question about sin and redemption on the eve of a conclave that could well see the cardinal elected pope in the new play Omission.

Liberation theology��Ƶapp founder basks in a belated rehabilitation under Pope Francis

Sun, 10 May 2015 08:00:00 -0400

NEW YORK - It used to be that just saying the words “liberation theology” around Catholics was enough to start a schism-level fight, or at least raise a red flag in Rome.

The man who became Pope

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 07:00:00 -0400

Pope Francis: Untying the Knots by Paul Vallely (Bloomsbury Press, hardcover, 240 pages, $18.81). 

I love Pope Francis, but I was not thrilled when I received his biography for Christmas from a friend. But now that I’ve finished reading it, I can say Pope Francis: Untying the Knots is a page turner of a biography.

Pope��Ƶapp ‘popular mandate’ making enemies

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:00:00 -0500

EDMONTON - Pope Francis is a radical reformer who is facing enemies inside and outside the Church opposed to at least some parts of his agenda, says a prominent Church historian.

Prayer, studying lived reality is key to pope's process, cardinal says

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:45:00 -0500

ROME - Pope Francis' decision to hold two synods of bishops on the family with a year of consultation and reflection in between fits in exactly with this theological approach to pastoral planning, which emphasizes studying the reality, reflecting on it and, only later, taking action, said retired German Cardinal Walter Kasper.

Vatican says bishop's dismissal not the result of sex abuse

Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:30:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican denied Pope Francis had dismissed a controversial Paraguayan bishop because of his mishandling of sex abuse accusations, attributing the decision instead to other failings of governance and friction with fellow bishops.