liberation theology
Liberation theology’s founder basks in a belated rehabilitation under Pope Francis
By David Gibson — May 7, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez is in a sense the Yoda of Catholicism: a small but sage presence who has known vituperation and exile, and who is now able to see his life’s work vindicated.
Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward sainthood
By David Gibson — February 3, 2015
(RNS) Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, has often said he thought the slain archbishop was a martyr worthy of consideration for sainthood.
Pope Francis lifts 29-year suspension on liberation theology icon
By Josephine McKenna — August 4, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The move is likely to provoke fresh debate about Francis’ own political stance since he has been criticized by conservative American commentators for having a “Marxist” political perspective on international finance and capitalism.
Bill de Blasio, New York’s new ‘spiritual but not religious’ mayor
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — January 6, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Now the mayor will have to navigate the lack of his own religious identity within a city as religiously diverse as New York.
Liberation theology finds new welcome in Pope Francis’ Vatican
By Alessandro Speciale — September 9, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The revival of liberation theology under Pope Francis is remarkable about-face for a movement that swelled in popularity but was later stamped out by the conservative pontificates of John Paul II and his longtime doctrinal czar, Benedict XVI.
ANALYSIS: John Paul II, Oscar Romero and the politics of making saints
By David Gibson — April 24, 2013
(RNS) Reports this week that the late John Paul II may be on the verge on canonization isn't a huge surprise, but Pope Francis' decision to take a second look at martyred Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero shows that the process of making saints is as much about politics as anything else.
Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s “Dirty War”
By Lauren Markoe — March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Just as life in communist Poland propelled Pope John Paul II's crusade against the Soviets and coming of age in Nazi Germany shaped Pope Benedict XVI, Argentina's Dirty War posed deep, existential questions for the future Pope Francis.
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