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I did undergrad reading on the Liberation Theology as part of my study of the work of Karl Marx, and the history and politics of Central America. This article is quite interesting as Father Cardenal has quite the fascinating history, and ideas. full article here: nytimes/2015/01/03/world/americas/science-fuels-writing-and-faith-of-a-nicaraguan-poet-.html?_r=0 Ordained in 1965, he returned to Nicaragua and founded the community on Solentiname (pronounced so-LEN-teh-NAH-me), a model of liberation theology’s Marxist-infused commitment to the poor. It was razed by the government in 1977, but by then Father Cardenal had joined the Sandinistas. He became culture minister after their revolution prevailed two years later. Father Cardenal’s political role brought condemnation from the Vatican. Pope John Paul II pointed an angry finger at him as he knelt on the tarmac to receive the pontiff at the beginning of a visit to Nicaragua in 1983, a moment captured in a now-famous photograph. Two years later, the pope stripped him of his right to administer sacraments.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:20:31 +0000

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