liberation theology
Child liberation theology says God is a child, too
By Kathryn Post — November 20, 2023
(RNS) — What does Scripture say about the rights of children in an anti-child world?
What the pope’s visit to Mongolia says about his priorities and how he is changing the Catholic Church
By Kristy Nabhan-Warren — August 21, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Roman Catholicism explains why Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia, home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, is significant.
Meet the South Austin parish leaving ACNA for the Episcopal Church
By Kathryn Post — August 17, 2023
(RNS) — If you ask the Rev. Shawn McCain Tirres, the story of Resurrection Anglican Church is much more about a local church than denominational politics.
After 50 years, ‘liberation theology’ is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?
By Leo Guardado — December 14, 2022
(The Conversation) — The influential movement, which is still controversial both inside and outside Catholicism, must be understood in the context of Latin American history.
Pushed online in pandemic, women of color find safe spaces for faith and healing
By Kathryn Post — September 8, 2022
(RNS) — ‘There’s really no space in the nonprofit world, racial justice world or the ministry world that is just for women of color.’
A life lived for justice: Rosemary Radford Ruether
By Dirk von der Horst — May 27, 2022
(RNS) — Ruether was one of the most important theologians, not just of the 20th century, but of the entire Christian tradition.
Deconstructing? There’s a coach for that.
By Ericka Andersen — May 12, 2022
(RNS) — A growing slate of resources is geared at helping people ‘decolonize’ and ‘deconstruct’ the Christianity that was taught to them.
Who are the Jesuits?
By Dorian Llywelyn — March 23, 2022
(The Conversation) — The Jesuits are among the Catholic Church’s most influential religious orders but no strangers to controversy.
Led by ‘Father Revolutionary,’ Indigenous Guatemalans turn to Orthodox Christianity
By David I. Klein — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — Spurred by the conversion of a beloved former Catholic priest, Orthodox Christian communities have popped up in some 120 villages across northern Guatemala and southern Mexico.
50 years later, Chicano Catholic activists recall their midnight Mass clash with police
By Alejandra Molina — January 16, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Chicanos in Los Angeles commemorate a 1969 confrontation with the Catholic Church that urged religious leaders to stand with the Mexican American community.
Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 38 years ago. Soon he’ll become El Salvador’s first saint.
By Michael E. Lee — March 24, 2018
(The Conversation) — On March 23, 1980, Romero concluded his Sunday sermon with an appeal to Salvadoran soldiers to cease killing their fellow citizens. He was killed the next day.
The Christian social ethics project hits a wall
By David P. Gushee — March 13, 2017
What is needed in America today goes far beyond public-policy tinkering.
Can a controversial Latin American theology speak to Catholics today?
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2017
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (RNS) By distancing the movement from radical left agendas of the past, theologians today are carving room for new applications of liberationist thought.
Secret ‘Catacombs Pact’ emerges after 50 years, and Pope Francis gives it new life
By David Gibson — November 3, 2015
ROME (RNS) A passionate manifesto signed on Nov. 16, 1965, on an altar in the Roman catacombs pledged bishops to live simply to be close to the poor. Known as the Pact of the Catacombs, it was supposed to represent a new chapter in church history but instead became a footnote -- until the election of Pope Francis.
Pope denounces clergy who criticized slain Salvadoran bishop Oscar Romero
By Reuters — October 31, 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Francis, the first Latin American pope, unblocked Romero's sainthood process shortly after his election in March 2013. It had been stalled because church leaders saw Romero as having been too close to Liberation Theology.
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