LIBERATION THEOLOGY ADVOCATE TO BE PUNISHED BY POPE
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 fellow priests were murdered,
church sources said. 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. . .
Although the censure was expected to focus on specific theological
points, Sobrino's supporters immediately decried what they saw as the
silencing of an important voice for the poor and disenfranchised. His
punishment reportedly will include a ban on future teaching and
publishing. However, other colleagues noted that the 68-year-old priest
was weakened by diabetes and semiretired, so it was unclear how great an
impact the restriction would have.
Still, many saw a message in the criticism of one of the last champions
of liberation theology, a political and sometimes radical interpretation
of Roman Catholicism that emphasizes justice for the poor. The
controversial school of thought was despised by the conservative church
hierarchy, which believed it departed from core dogma.
The order against Sobrino will be issued by the Vatican's watchdog arm,
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and will carry the
approval of Pope Benedict XVI who, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led
efforts to stamp out liberation theology.
The move comes just two months before Benedict is to make his first trip
to Latin America as pope. He will visit Brazil, another onetime bastion
of liberation theology. . .
Sobrino was also a close friend of Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San
Salvador who was slain as he prepared to say Mass at a chapel in 1980.
Romero was detested by the right because of his advocacy of human rights
and criticism of army abuses.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
sobrino14mar14,1,1601917.story?coll=la-headlines-world
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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 fellow priests were murdered,
church sources said. 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. . .
Although the censure was expected to focus on specific theological
points, Sobrino's supporters immediately decried what they saw as the
silencing of an important voice for the poor and disenfranchised. His
punishment reportedly will include a ban on future teaching and
publishing. However, other colleagues noted that the 68-year-old priest
was weakened by diabetes and semiretired, so it was unclear how great an
impact the restriction would have.
Still, many saw a message in the criticism of one of the last champions
of liberation theology, a political and sometimes radical interpretation
of Roman Catholicism that emphasizes justice for the poor. The
controversial school of thought was despised by the conservative church
hierarchy, which believed it departed from core dogma.
The order against Sobrino will be issued by the Vatican's watchdog arm,
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and will carry the
approval of Pope Benedict XVI who, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led
efforts to stamp out liberation theology.
The move comes just two months before Benedict is to make his first trip
to Latin America as pope. He will visit Brazil, another onetime bastion
of liberation theology. . .
Sobrino was also a close friend of Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San
Salvador who was slain as he prepared to say Mass at a chapel in 1980.
Romero was detested by the right because of his advocacy of human rights
and criticism of army abuses.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
sobrino14mar14,1,1601917.story?coll=la-headlines-world
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