“Nobel prize winner says Pope not connected to Argentine dictatorship”
Read a March 15, 2013, Catholic News Agency article in which Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel says Francis had no ties to the Argentine dictatorship of 1976-83.
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“Argentines celebrate Francis as their ‘slum Pope'”
Read a March 15, 2013, Associated Press story about how Francis is viewed by the poor in Argentina, some of whom affectionately call him “the slum pope.”
“Living La Vida Justicia: Pope Francis and ‘Liberation Theology'”
Read a March 17, 2013, post on Liberation Theology on the website of America magazine by the Rev. Daniel Horan.
“Francis, the Jesuits and the Dirty War”
Read a March 17, 2013, essay written by the Rev. Thomas Reese for the National Catholic Reporter.
“Theology Has Consequences: What Policies Will Pope Francis Champion?”
Read a March 18, 2013, essay by feminist theologian Mary E. Hunt about Pope Francis and the liberation theology debate.
“In the war on the poor, Pope Francis is on the wrong side”
Read a March 18, 2013, column by George Monbiot for The Guardian about the debate on liberation theology.
“As Cardinal, New Pope Walked Fine Line On Economic Issues”
Read a March 25, 2013, NPR story that examines Francis’ record on economic issues before he became pope.
“Liberation theology: an interview with James Nickoloff”
Read an April 17, 2013, interview in National Catholic Reporter with James B. Nickoloff, an associate professor emeritus of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. He is an expert on liberation theology who lived and worked with the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, considered the founder of the movement.
“John Paul II, Oscar Romero and the politics of making saints”
Read an April 24, 2013, Religion News Service story about reports that Francis “unblocked” Oscar Romero’s cause for canonization.