Those in Latin America who argue the need for widespread social changes used to regard the Roman Catholic Church as an enemy or a neutral certainly not as an ally. But in several Latin American countries the late Pope John's influence and in particular his 1961 encyclical Mater et Magistra, calling for social justice set off a new spirit of reform and social action in the church.
No Time to Delay. In Colombia, though the church hierarchy remains magisterially conservative in the person of 71-year-old Luis Cardinal Concha Córdoba, priests have led peasant pro tests, organized community stores to...
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