“Why are religion and violence now so closely linked?”
Andrew Brown of The Guardian has an April 25 column exploring why some violent organizations feed off religion and others are atheistic.
Faith: Christianity
“The Retreat of Liberation Theology”
Read a critique of liberation theology in a 1994 article by Edward A. Lynch of Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., from the website CatholicCulture.org.
“Pope Francis’ election stirs up Argentine ‘dirty war’ allegations; biographer calls it unfair”
Read a March 14, 2013, Associated Press article in which Francis’ biographer labels as unfair the Dirty War allegations stirred up in the wake of the conclave.
“Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s ‘Dirty War'”
Read a March 14, 2013, Religion News Service story about Francis and the shadow cast by the Dirty War.
“Vatican: anti-clerical campaign against pope”
Read a March 15, 2013, Associated Press story about the Vatican denouncing critics of Francis’ record during the Dirty War.
“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.
“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.