Liberation Theologian Leonardo Boff Is a Keynote Speaker at Vatican’s ‘Economy of Francesco’ Conference

National Catholic Register ^ | November 19, 2020 | Edward Pentin

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Liberation Theologian Leonardo Boff Is a Keynote Speaker at Vatican’s ‘Economy of Francesco’ Conference

The controversial former Franciscan priest was disciplined by the Vatican in the 1980s, for disseminating Marxist-oriented ideas that demonstrated ‘a profound misunderstanding of the Catholic faith.’

VATICAN CITY — The controversial Brazilian liberation theologian Leonardo Boff will be a keynote speaker at the Economy of Francesco, a three-day international Vatican-organized conference that starts tomorrow aimed at making finance inclusive and sustainable.

A former Franciscan priest, Boff will speak on “socio-ecological responsibility: global view, territorial actions” along with Father Vilson Groh, who works with the poor in the favela (slum) of Florianopolis in southern Brazil. 

According to the Economy of Francesco organizers, the Nov. 19-21 conference aims to propose ideas that “move and live for a fairer, more fraternal and sustainable economy and give a soul to the economy of tomorrow.” 

Some 2,000 economists and entrepreneurs under the age of 35 from around the world will take part in the live-streamed meeting which will include a 24-hour “marathon” of online exchanges on the second day.

Boff, 82, is one of the best-known surviving supporters of liberation theology — a synthesis of Christian theology and socio-economics that emphasizes social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples. 

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger condemned the movement for, among other reasons, having concepts “uncritically borrowed” from Marxist ideology. Boff himself once described the movement as proposing “Marxism, historical materialism, in theology.”

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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger condemned the movement for, among other reasons, having concepts “uncritically borrowed” from Marxist ideology. Boff himself once described the movement as proposing “Marxism, historical materialism, in theology.”

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[suasponte137]

I’m a catholic without a church or a pope.

Well...at least I get my Sunday mornings back now!

[Calvin Locke]

Didn't JPII ban it? It was popular in the South American clergy in the early 1980s.

More than sort of goes against rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's...

And the basic concepts of liberty as well.

[allendale]

The traditional Catholic teaching is that when a Pope does not speak “ex cathedra”, his sentiments have no real bind on the faithful. This pope has alienated many with his mumblings and actions.He can never be forgiven for his acquiescence to the homosexual corruption of the clergy and his collusion with the Chinese communists. It is beyond sad. Yet he is not the only globalist that threatens the well being of the world.

[Seruzawa]

Commie scum everywhere.

[Bookshelf]

This doesn’t compute. Boff was a big supporter of the so-called comunidades de base, or base communities that would ensure Christianity was taught from the bottom-up. It would have rendered the Catholic heirarchy moot. Popular in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, the Vatican fought the movement tooth and nail. How Boff could be welcomed today at the Vatican is either an indication that he has returned to the fold, or that the Pope retains his obvious streak of Argentine Marxism and Liberation Theology.

[Major Matt Mason]

Looks like the Marxists have taken over the Catholic Church - just another political org, now.