Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

SÃO PAULO – An open letter to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America (known by the Spanish acronym CELAM) released in June by Father Clodovis Boff spurred controversy among clergy members and theologians in Brazil. In the document, Clodovis Boff – once a major leader of the Liberation Theology movement in Latin America along with his brother Leonardo Boff and now a frequent critic of such a theological school – accuses the bish…