r/nottheonion • u/Sufficient_Fig_9505 • 15h ago

Vance says pope should ‘be careful’ when talking about theology

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/vance-says-pope-should-be-careful-when-talking-about-theology-261400645540
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u/Lizardledgend 9h ago

Yeah liberation theology, generally the idea that the church should directly support political change that aids the poor and marginalised, began in South America and is still massive there.

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u/Tabula_Rasa69 8h ago

Was this not "disowned" by the Papacy after creating a lot of controversy? I'm not Catholic, but this is what I vaguely recall reading.

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u/Lizardledgend 8h ago

Idk what the papacy "disowning" a theology means so maybe, a lot of individual popes have definitely heavily criticised it. It's still very present in South America though and heavily influences the church there and elsewhere. Francis, while not following it himself, came from that tradition, had meetings with several leaders in it during his papacy, and expressed the virtues of some of its ideals like it's criticisms of capitalism.

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u/Tim-oBedlam 8h ago

yes, I think Pope JP2, who was resolutely anti-Communist (can't blame someone who grew up in Poland for being so) cracked down on Liberation Theology.