“the Latin American-inspired Catholic theology advocating for the poor”
the writer is proficient at stating the obvious while denying the truth
Liberation theology is nothing other than the Marxist dialtectic written into the Christian message, period.
Now, I suppose we are supposed to be surprised of this Marxist hero’s welcome at the Vatican. I’m not.
And it’s also the reason why the Evangelical churches have spread so far. Why go to a church that says you must be poor, when you can go to a church that says the Lord wants you to prosper?
Yes, it's simply marxism minus atheism, yet its worldly orientation tends to undermine the Christian message. Liberation "theology" is a misnomer, as it is a humanist rather than theological concept. The "preferential option for the poor" is leftist political ideology masquerading as Christian charity. Marxism, unlike capitalism, is intrinsically and therefore irreformably evil, even when furnished with an ecclesiastical veneer.
Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI proscribed Liberation Theology as a beachhead of Marxists into the Catholic Church. As soon as Pope Francis took power, he wide open the doors of the Church to the leaders of the Marxist Liberation Theology. QUO O VADIS, FRANCIS?