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Church in the WorldSobrino talks of ecclesiastical winterSpain Graham Keeley - 25 August 2007The liberation theologian Jon Sobrino said the Church is experiencing an "ecclesiastical winter" in its attitude to the poor. In an interview with the Spanish daily El Pais, Fr Sobrino explained his reasons for not leaving the Church, after the Vatican issued a notification in March this year that two of Fr Sobrino's books "could cause harm to the faithful". Fr Sobrino said: "I haven't left because I never even considered the option. I have witnessed an ecclesiastical winter as Karl Rahner put it. A regression in the idea of giving ourselves honestly to the poor." The theologian said the Vatican clashed with him over the way he expressed Christ's divinity. Speaking from El Salvador where he is based, he said: "In the Vatican they say that I represent a very human Christ, very close to the poor and that they are fine with that, but that I don't express his divinity with enough clarity." |
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