Renewing the Earth: Catholic Documents on Peace, Justice and Liberation

by David J. O'Brien (Editor), Thomas A. Shannon (Editor)

Genres: Religion

598 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1977

About the author

David O'Brien is Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross and University Professor of Faith and Culture at the University of Dayton. He has served as President of the American Catholic Historical Association

Reviews

[Julio The Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hope they read these documents at the Vatican. Starting with the Medellin Declaration of 1968 outlining the Church's "preferential option for the poor", the Catholic Church has committed itself to the redemption of this world. The Kingdom of Earth must reflect and implement the justice of the Kingdom of God. Economic equality, justice for women, non-violent resistance to "institutionalized discrimination", to each family employment and a house; these are the values the Church upholds. If this be heresy, Catholics are heretics. These documents are official positions, not the work of wayward priests.