The movement, which originated among Catholics in Latin America, approaches Church teachings through a Marxist framework.

"What we do know," said Brazilian-born theologian Leonardo Boff, "is that he's a North American with a Latin American soul." ...

Pope Benedict XVI was hailed Friday at a memorial Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral as a ... Liberation Theology encouraged people to take social action based on Gospel values but was ...

Pope Benedict XVI on a tour of St. Peter’s Square at the end of his inaugural Mass in April 2005. ... and the liberation theology movement in Latin America. ...

Also at that time, Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II were battling what’s called Liberation Theology, which tried to blend Marxism and Christianity, and was influential in Latin America. In 1984 ...

She is the author of Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI and a 2020 recipient of the Ratzinger Prize for Theology. Introduction to Christianity , selected by Father Emery de Gaál.

His eventual successor, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI, later described liberation theology as a “fundamental threat to the faith of the church.” ...

As pope, Benedict made two enduring contributions to theology. His 2005 encyclical, Deus caritas est , continued the Christological focus that was a hallmark of Vatican II.

For all his efforts to control or suppress theological inquiry, Pope Benedict's success remains questionable. During his 24 years as head of the CDF and his eight years as pope, theology actually ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope to resign in 600 years, saying: “My strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited” to the role.

His eventual successor, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI, later described liberation theology as a “fundamental threat to the faith of the church.” ...

He called on the Vatican’s doctrinal department, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would succeed him as Pope Benedict XVI, to investigate these movements. The Vatican issued two formal ...