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

Critics, including Pope John Paul II, saw in liberation theology politicization of the church and sympathy with Marxist ideology. Several other Latin American liberation theologians share Boff’s hope ...

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

An open letter to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (known by the Spanish acronym CELAM) released in ...

General Audience: Pope tells why he Chose Name of Benedict In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave ...