It's nice to see the church spread a little political truth. But I worry about how inconsistent this message is. I know of at least one latin american dictator who enjoys private Catholic services in the chapel he built for himself on his compound -- proabably purchased with grafted money from a government installed and maintained through brutal force against his own people. I guess I never heard the local bishops complain on their way to collect his donations.
Besides, I thought the Church had explicitly moved away from this whole "liberation theology" business. I'm wondering where the sudden anti-communist action is coming from.
The actions of different clerics may be inconsistent, but the teaching of the Church isn't. She has taught that Communism and Marxism are evil ideologies
Only in public. The Church in Latin America takes it cues from Oscar Romero, Cardinal Hummes of Brazil, and Lara of Venezuela.
Besides, JPII never said that the Church should not stand in solidarity with the people; only that social justice should not be wed to a marxist approach of "from all according to his ability, to all according to his need."
If you'll notice, Lara is condemning Chavez's Marxism as dangerous, as he should.
Sudden? Remember Pope John Paul II and Solidarity? Or "On Atheistic Communism"?