Jesus Broke Barriers; Pope Builds Them

Pope Benedict XVI and his predecessor John Paul II have consistently put themselves on the side of the aristocracy, the landowners and the well-to-do in Latin America. Local Roman Catholics like Leonardo Boff and Bishop Romero, in contradistinction, put themselves on the side of the poor and dispossessed. Bishop Romero was murdered. Leonardo Boff was laicized.

The issue is not so much whether Jesus was a social revolutionary or not, the real issue is why Benedict XVI is not.

Posted by John Shelby Spong on May 13, 2007 4:59 PM

the writer of this article abdicates his own responsibility and instead pours blame, which is always the easiest thing to do.