Liberation Theology
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Liberation theology is a movement within various religious traditions that emphasizes the importance of social justice and the rights of the poor and oppressed. It teaches that faith should actively address and transform social inequality.
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Please join us in the base communities of liberation theology. Across multiple religions, explore God's preferential option for the poor and marginalized.
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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
― Dorothy Day
― Dorothy Day
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
― Dorothy Day
― Dorothy Day
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“Dorothy Day was one of a kind. Not a self proclaimed theologian but some of her insights on faith and love and suffering left me with a deep yearning to know the Lord as well as she did. Will have to read again.” —Jose Ovalle
The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus (Plo…
In this guidebook Dorothy Day offers hard-earned wisdom…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Dorothy Day was one of a kind. Not a self proclaimed theologian but some of her insights on faith and love and suffering left me with a deep yearning to know the Lord as well as she did. Will have to read again.” —Jose Ovalle
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NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
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ICYMI
Yesterday we released our reflection guide on Dilexi Te, the pope's new document on love for people impacted by poverty. It's a powerful resource, rooted in Catholic Social Justice. Check it out!
www.networkadvocates.org/dilexi-te/
Yesterday we released our reflection guide on Dilexi Te, the pope's new document on love for people impacted by poverty. It's a powerful resource, rooted in Catholic Social Justice. Check it out!
www.networkadvocates.org/dilexi-te/
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICYMI
Yesterday we released our reflection guide on Dilexi Te, the pope's new document on love for people impacted by poverty. It's a powerful resource, rooted in Catholic Social Justice. Check it out!
www.networkadvocates.org/dilexi-te/
Yesterday we released our reflection guide on Dilexi Te, the pope's new document on love for people impacted by poverty. It's a powerful resource, rooted in Catholic Social Justice. Check it out!
www.networkadvocates.org/dilexi-te/
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As the possibility of Trumpism’s defeat by a mix of modest organizing & societal inertia becomes at least imaginable—if, I think, as yet unlikely—perhaps it becomes crucial to also imagine realistic new politics to follow.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As the possibility of Trumpism’s defeat by a mix of modest organizing & societal inertia becomes at least imaginable—if, I think, as yet unlikely—perhaps it becomes crucial to also imagine realistic new politics to follow.
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New episode of Antifascist Dad out this morning w/ David Inczauskis, S.J., the liberation theologian who is helping lead the faith-based protest movement against ICE in Chicago.
youtu.be/SKRjcBcDCt0
youtu.be/SKRjcBcDCt0
Antifascist Dad Podcast Ep out now: Antifascist Father w/ David Inczauskis, S.J.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New episode of Antifascist Dad out this morning w/ David Inczauskis, S.J., the liberation theologian who is helping lead the faith-based protest movement against ICE in Chicago.
youtu.be/SKRjcBcDCt0
youtu.be/SKRjcBcDCt0
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NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
For the Rev. David Black, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition
(RNS) — ‘I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.
religionnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
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Nuns and advocates filed a lawsuit against Trump’s administration, claiming the government is encroaching on their religious freedom by barring them from providing religious rites and services to immigrant detainees.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees
(RNS) — ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads.
religionnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Nuns and advocates filed a lawsuit against Trump’s administration, claiming the government is encroaching on their religious freedom by barring them from providing religious rites and services to immigrant detainees.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
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"Our starting point for this journey is a quote from mystic, theologian, and civil rights spiritual leader Howard Thurman: 'Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.'"
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
The Key to Howard Thurman’s Spirituality Is ‘What Makes You Come Alive’
Lerita Coleman Brown believes Howard Thurman has something to teach us in these violent times.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Our starting point for this journey is a quote from mystic, theologian, and civil rights spiritual leader Howard Thurman: 'Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.'"
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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A good talk from @robertellsberg.bsky.social about what he has learned from Dorothy Day. catholicworker.org/what-i-learn...
What I Learned from Dorothy Day – Catholic Worker Movement
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November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A good talk from @robertellsberg.bsky.social about what he has learned from Dorothy Day. catholicworker.org/what-i-learn...
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“not just in the big things that she did—her being arrested, her founding the Catholic Worker, going on picket lines—but… in her everyday practice of trying to be more charitable, more forgiving, more patient w/ other people, to be more conscious of her own failures & her own purpose of amendment.”
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“not just in the big things that she did—her being arrested, her founding the Catholic Worker, going on picket lines—but… in her everyday practice of trying to be more charitable, more forgiving, more patient w/ other people, to be more conscious of her own failures & her own purpose of amendment.”
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The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.
— Philip Berrigan[RIP]
Jan. 25, 1971 TIME Cover
www.democracynow.org/2002/12/9/ph...
— Philip Berrigan[RIP]
Jan. 25, 1971 TIME Cover
www.democracynow.org/2002/12/9/ph...
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.
— Philip Berrigan[RIP]
Jan. 25, 1971 TIME Cover
www.democracynow.org/2002/12/9/ph...
— Philip Berrigan[RIP]
Jan. 25, 1971 TIME Cover
www.democracynow.org/2002/12/9/ph...
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It's an extremely effective protest tactic for US Americans to see clergy thrown to the ground & arrested by government thugs for decrying violence done against innocent people as a matter of policy. From the Abolitionists to anti-Vietnam-War activists like the Berrigan brothers, it brings clarity.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It's an extremely effective protest tactic for US Americans to see clergy thrown to the ground & arrested by government thugs for decrying violence done against innocent people as a matter of policy. From the Abolitionists to anti-Vietnam-War activists like the Berrigan brothers, it brings clarity.
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In our latest podcast, Brother Patrick reflects on the life and legacy of #DorothyDay, and her remedy to the challenges confronting our sick and suffering world: "love and ever more love." Dorothy Day, pray for us! #AssisiProjectPodcast #Love #LoveEachOther assisiproject.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In our latest podcast, Brother Patrick reflects on the life and legacy of #DorothyDay, and her remedy to the challenges confronting our sick and suffering world: "love and ever more love." Dorothy Day, pray for us! #AssisiProjectPodcast #Love #LoveEachOther assisiproject.com
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I've been researching liberation theologian Paulo Cardinal Arns, Archbishop of São Paulo from 1970 - 1995, and found this story when he fought against Brazil's military junta.
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www.newyorker.com/magazine/198...
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www.newyorker.com/magazine/198...
A Miracle, a Universe—I
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I've been researching liberation theologian Paulo Cardinal Arns, Archbishop of São Paulo from 1970 - 1995, and found this story when he fought against Brazil's military junta.
1/3
www.newyorker.com/magazine/198...
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www.newyorker.com/magazine/198...
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Did you know that, in so many ways, the Book of Deuteronomy is... liberation theology?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
Deuteronomy's Liberation Theology
how it can teach us to expand our vision for tomorrow
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Did you know that, in so many ways, the Book of Deuteronomy is... liberation theology?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
And that it's actually crafted as a bit of a 🖕 to the Assyrian Empire?
And that its power -- and its limits -- can teach us a so, so much about where we must be as we face down the Empire before us today?
"Yesterday was the anniversary of the assassination of Ignacio Ellacuría and five other Jesuits in El Salvador, and I perfectly remember the feeling and the faces of my priests at school. That assassination marked our entire generation at the Jesuit school at the time."
-- @soysil.bsky.social
-- @soysil.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Yesterday was the anniversary of the assassination of Ignacio Ellacuría and five other Jesuits in El Salvador, and I perfectly remember the feeling and the faces of my priests at school. That assassination marked our entire generation at the Jesuit school at the time."
-- @soysil.bsky.social
-- @soysil.bsky.social
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I've a lot of thoughts here, mainly b/c I watched the friends I took to Episcopal services open their interdenominational congregations to liturgy, but not to the liberation theology or more progressive politics that liturgy was embedded with
vance et al. thought they wanted to be catholics but what they really wanted to be was Evangelicals But With Aesthetics.
I think one of the things the US Catholic Bishops needs to recognize is that folks like Vance, Homan, Fuentes, etc. are trying to be an alternative magisterium to the Pope. The Catholic Church really needs to fight this before it fully takes hold.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've a lot of thoughts here, mainly b/c I watched the friends I took to Episcopal services open their interdenominational congregations to liturgy, but not to the liberation theology or more progressive politics that liturgy was embedded with
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The Kellogg Institute is proud to share a new digital archive preserving nearly 50 years of audio recordings from former Kellogg Faculty Fellow Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP father of Liberation Theology. This rare collection offers his theology in his own voice.
🔗 Full story: https://bit.ly/4pf5qpO
🔗 Full story: https://bit.ly/4pf5qpO
‘More than the Written Word’: Notre Dame to Open Audio Recording Archive of Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP | Kellogg Institute For International Studies
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November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Kellogg Institute is proud to share a new digital archive preserving nearly 50 years of audio recordings from former Kellogg Faculty Fellow Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP father of Liberation Theology. This rare collection offers his theology in his own voice.
🔗 Full story: https://bit.ly/4pf5qpO
🔗 Full story: https://bit.ly/4pf5qpO
Perhaps people want to believe in just and beneficent popes because having just leaders takes the responsibility away from **US** to be just leaders.
It's honestly weird how *desperate* we all seem to be to believe in popes and think they're cool and just and kind. Like… it is really really genuinely weird. We swallow platitudes and generic rhetoric about compassion from popes that we'd never just take at face value from any other rich and…
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Perhaps people want to believe in just and beneficent popes because having just leaders takes the responsibility away from **US** to be just leaders.
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Peter Mayo writes in our latest Classic Texts article on Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’s "Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education", and the impact of this seminal work on community development and critical sociology buff.ly/9XaClcf #CDJ #ClassicText
A Freirean watershed
2025 marks the coming into reprint, after so many years, of Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’ s Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education (Shor
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November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Peter Mayo writes in our latest Classic Texts article on Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’s "Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education", and the impact of this seminal work on community development and critical sociology buff.ly/9XaClcf #CDJ #ClassicText
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Friday's planned participation of Jewish left-wing activists in the Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank was derailed by the IDF and Israel police, who only appear to stop those suspected of nonviolence: @haaretzcom.bsky.social editorial
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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In the West Bank, the IDF only arrests those who come to protect Palestinians | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Friday's planned participation of Jewish left-wing activists in the Palestinian olive harvest in the West Bank was derailed by the IDF and Israel police, who only appear to stop those suspected of nonviolence: @haaretzcom.bsky.social editorial
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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#tdih 1989, six Jesuit scholars/priests & two women were murdered by U.S. backed military in El Salvador. 💔
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#tdih 1989, six Jesuit scholars/priests & two women were murdered by U.S. backed military in El Salvador. 💔
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
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#otd 1989, those murdered were:
Ignacio Ellacuría
S.J. Ignacio Martín-Baró
S.J. Segundo Montes
S.J. Juan Ramón Moreno
S.J. Joaquín López y López
S.J. Amando López
S.J. Elba Ramos
Celina Ramos
They were among 75,000+ people killed in El Salvador during this period. 💔
Ignacio Ellacuría
S.J. Ignacio Martín-Baró
S.J. Segundo Montes
S.J. Juan Ramón Moreno
S.J. Joaquín López y López
S.J. Amando López
S.J. Elba Ramos
Celina Ramos
They were among 75,000+ people killed in El Salvador during this period. 💔
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#otd 1989, those murdered were:
Ignacio Ellacuría
S.J. Ignacio Martín-Baró
S.J. Segundo Montes
S.J. Juan Ramón Moreno
S.J. Joaquín López y López
S.J. Amando López
S.J. Elba Ramos
Celina Ramos
They were among 75,000+ people killed in El Salvador during this period. 💔
Ignacio Ellacuría
S.J. Ignacio Martín-Baró
S.J. Segundo Montes
S.J. Juan Ramón Moreno
S.J. Joaquín López y López
S.J. Amando López
S.J. Elba Ramos
Celina Ramos
They were among 75,000+ people killed in El Salvador during this period. 💔
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on 16 November 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed six Jesuits and two women, on the campus of Central American University. They were assassinated because they were leaders against the right-wing forces in the Salvadoran civil war.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
on 16 November 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed six Jesuits and two women, on the campus of Central American University. They were assassinated because they were leaders against the right-wing forces in the Salvadoran civil war.