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The Church Moves Left

In the months before the Second Conference of CELAM at Medellín, the Church claimed its role as the most radical body of thought in Brazil.
By Thomas C. Bruneau
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Rebels and Religious

Commonweal editors in 1968 ask if Catholic missionaries in Latin America are "doomed to stay on the sidelines."
By The Editors
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The Stakes at CELAM III

MacEoin approaches the stakes surrounding the third conference of CELAM in 1978, where the debate surrounding a politicized Church remains.
By Gary MacEoin
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Unlike the situation in Brazil, where liberation theologians can count on the support of their bishops’ conference, Peru’s bishops are deeply divided on the subject.

In Search of "Liberation"

By Peadar Kirby
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Exhuming the Past

Aman links the mood of liberation theology to Chile's apertura, or great opening following Pinochet
By Kenneth Aman
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CELAM and the Vatican

Peter Steinfels covers the fourth meeting of CELAM, positing the Vatican's increasingly tight grip on the conference as a response to the liberation theology
By Peter Steinfels
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Collaborative Theology

The fifth conference of CELAM, this time at Aparecida, finds the Church reaffirming "ver, juzgar, y actuar - see, judge, and act" in light of globalization.
By Rev. Virgilio Elizondo
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