Vatican: Priest and Advocate to the Poor to Be Sanctioned
March 13, 2007
Vatican set to punish priest who is advocate for poor
Tracy Wilkinson (LA Times)
The Vatican is preparing to discipline Father Jon Sobrino, a well-known proponent of liberation theology who worked for decades in El Salvador even as many fellow priests were murdered, church sources said Tuesday.
Sobrino will be sanctioned for alleged errors in his teachings and writings about the divinity of Jesus, according to members of his Jesuit order in Rome. A Vatican spokesman earlier in the week confirmed to reporters that an investigation was under way…
When he was still known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI worked to discredit the liberation theology movement, associating it with socialism.
See also: Jon Sobrino discusses liberation theology and his beliefs with BBC World Service.
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drmike | March 20, 2007 at 12:25 pm
*shrug* I gave up on the cathloic church years ago. I wonder when the last time was when the Pope handed a homeless man a cup of coffee.
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proggiemuslima | March 21, 2007 at 6:29 pm
This pope? Maybe never? He strikes me as being an extremely cold person.