Father Jon Sobrino has been attacked by Vatican for defending the poorDr. Wall said: "The Catholic Church must argue for freedom and liberty. Forced conversion during the 16th century brought huge violence to the Americas, however progressive Christians have a record of standing up for the poor. The pope must show that he is a progressive and lift his condemnation of Father Sobrino and he must clearly speak up for the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Latin America was for decades the home of right wing death squads, backed by the US, who killed thousands of peasants. The Catholic church produced both collaborators and martyrs like Sobrino's friend Archbishop Oscar Romero murdered during mass in 1980. The choice is clear.
"I would like to repeat Sobrino's own word, 'When Jesus ate with the poorest, they called him a drunkard. When he made friends with sinners and prostitutes, he was despised and scorned. Whenever someone exposes the hypocritical conduct of the powerful, he is insulted, defamed and sometimes killed.' "
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There seems to be nothing in the notification re Fr Sobrino which conflicts with the option for the poor – which is strongly remphasised. Nor would it conflict in any way with the statement about Jesus made by Sobrino in the interview.
It his hard to see how a withdrawal of the notification would be possible in the light of Sobrino's Christology, unless the authorities come to see that they have misjudged his theology.
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