Under Pope Francis, liberation theology comes of age
CNS) Pope Francis Sept. 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the popes residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and not listed on his official schedule. Yet the news that Pope Francis had received the 85-year old Peruvian priest, who is widely considered the father of liberation theology, has excited interest far beyond the Vaticans walls.
During the 1990s, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith conducted a lengthy critical review of Father Gutierrezs work, and required him to write and rewrite articles clarifying some of his theological and pastoral points.
But within a single week in early September 2013, the Vatican newspaper, LOsservatore Romano, published an interview with Father Gutierrez, an article by the theologian himself, and two articles praising his work one of them by the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller.
Following years of Vatican criticism of liberation theology under Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, these events might seem to indicate a reversal of policy under Pope Francis. It would be more accurate to say they represent the fruit of a long and painful process, through which the church has clarified the nature of its commitment to the worlds poor today.
http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2013/09/under-pope-francis-liberation-theology-comes-of-age/
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(82,333 posts)okasha
(11,573 posts)better and better. It may take awhile, but I wouldn't be surprised to see changes in the Vatican's stance on ordination of women and the status of LGBTs..
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)I wouldn't be surprised to see changes in the Vatican's stance on ordination of women and the status of LGBTs.
Don't hold your breath.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)reflects the thought and culture of one from the New World, where a forward-looking, less "class-centered" culture exists.
Hurrah for Pope Francis!