Liberation theologians see Pope Francis as able to fix a church “in ruins”

[UrbScotty]

A new pope from Latin America who wants to build “a church for the poor” is stirring hopes among advocates of liberation theology, a movement of social activism that alarmed former popes by delving into leftist politics.

Pope Francis has what it takes to fix a church “in ruins” that has “lost its respect for what is sacred,” prominent liberation theologian Leonardo Boff said Saturday.

“With this pope, a Jesuit and a pope from the Third World, we can breathe happiness,” Boff said at a Buenos Aires book fair. “Pope Francis has both the vigor and tenderness that we need to create a new spiritual world.”

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“Pope Francis comes with the perspective that many of us in Latin America share. In our churches we do not just discuss theological theories, like in European churches. Our churches work together to support universal causes, causes like human rights, from the perspective of the poor, the destiny of humanity that is suffering, services for people living on the margins.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/liberation-theologians-see-pope-francis-as-fellow-traveler-fixing-a-church-in-ruins/2013/04/27/f476d486-af82-11e2-b59e-adb43da03a8a_story.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

[wet.hen88]

1. I hope and pray

Wonder how Matthew Fox feels right now?...hopeful? Since Francis unblocked the canonization of Oscar Romero, a liberation theologist, I am encouraged.