Chavez responsible for reviving liberation theology in Latin America...

[Karmadillo]

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=90151

Chavez responsible for reviving liberation theology in Latin America...
Published: Monday, April 05, 2010
Bylined to: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: The main proponent of liberation theology in Latin America is no longer a Roman Catholic clergyman susceptible to censorship and crozier-bashing but a layman. None other than President Chavez Frias.

The President's Holy Week "Line Drives" column started off with a reflection on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Chavez quickly defined who Jesus Christ is for him and many Christians ... "who in our hearts and souls bear a commitment to Christ the Redeemer, the Libertarian Christ, Christ of the poor."

**The key point of Palm Sunday, the President told readers, is that Jesus entered into Jerusalem on the humble donkey, followed by the ordinary people greeting him, waving palms. The same flowering of love, Chavez meditated, would lead the Christ to confront the powerful of his time.

The dialectics of the Cross is no problem for Chavez as he contrasts those who welcomed Christ with open arms, namely "the needy of always and of today, hungry and thirsty for justice and those who did not rest until they saw him crucified ... the same then and today who never satiate their appetite for power."

The President's theological contribution to Latin America is contained very simply in the last line of his column. "In observing this sacred Sunday, we reiterate that our revolution has in Christ of the dispossessed the greatest guide in the struggle for human dignity ... we follow in his footsteps."

The faithful will not hear that message from the country's bishops but instead one of nebulous reconciliation and national unity, which is precisely the opposition's message. The bishops cannot even stop the spread of evangelism and pentecostalism in Venezuela, never mind deal with Chavez.

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[blindpig]

1. godless commie

k7r

[Flaneur]

2. Good on Hugo. He reminds me of the words of Dom Helder Camara:

Brazilian liberation theologian.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/40031.html

"When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist."

[socialist_n_TN]

3. Hugo gets a bad rap sometimes....................

I've read some things about him that I'm not down with, but who knows if they are even true or not. They came from the MSM after all. At least he's got the balls to be a leftist and stay one.

[sabrina 1]

5. Most of the bad rap is propaganda from the Global Capitalist

media. He's no saint that's for sure, but he is one of the best democratic presidents around in this rightwing, fascist world we live in. They hate him because so far, he has foiled all of their attempts to keep Venezuela enslaved to the World Bank and the Capitalists who exploit these countries, particularly their resources. He has freed Ven. from its crushing debt to the World Bank, something that enrages the Lords of the Universe. And he's helping other countries to do the same.

[protocol rv]

11. A lot of what you hear isn't true

But then, some is. I am in Venezuela, and you can read what I post. I am mostly truthful, but sometimes I use comedy to relieve the tension. This may require a certain ability to discern things. We do think this government of Chavez has turned out to be a lot worse than expected. I think the economy is in terrible shape, and we have a very high crime rate. These are the two things I worry the most about, plus I suppose now we have to worry about human rights being abused, for example I really don't think it would be healthy for me to tell you guys my real name. This is getting worse than Honduras.

And I don't think the government does things to really fix these problems. A lot of what they do works backwards.

[devilgrrl]

4. What a SICK FUCK!

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

7. Bwaaaaaaaah hahahahaha

:rofl:
Yep Beck is well and Chavez is a sick fuck. :rofl:
Do I need my sarcasm thingy :evilgrin:

[sabrina 1]

8. I know, the man cares about the poor!

Unforgivable in this sick, capitalist society we live in. He is a slap in the face of those who excuse the abuses of Capitalism by showing that you can have free education for the poor, and free health care. He exposes the lies that it isn't possible. So, they hate him for that. They certainly have tried to get him, as he says, he knows his life is always in danger, but he accepts that. A very brave man also, certainly with a lot more courage than his some of our 'leaders'.

[MisterP]

6. this may even be his biggest contribution,

after Pius X er, head inquisitor Ratzinger did all the 80s purges

[formercia]

9. Ratso was too busy purging the Liberation Theologists to bother with his fellow perverts.

It's all going to bite him in the ass.

[troubledamerican]

10. 2002 Chavez quote was prescient

"The Church is a tumor."

Indeed.

[EFerrari]

12. There is a Reformed Catholic Church in Venezuela.

I don't remember if it has women clerics but gay people are welcomed. Sorry, it's been a long time since I read about it. Needless to say, Rome hates Hugo, too.