JESUIT CHIEF DEFENDS LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM

By KENNETH A. BRIGGS (The New York Times); Foreign Desk
October 28, 1984, Sunday
Late City Final Edition, Section 1, Page 1, Column 4, 882 words


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The head of the Jesuit order says he strongly supports Latin American theologians and church workers who seek to promote social justice. And he says the teachings known as the theology of liberation must be ''recognized as possible and necessary.'' The Vatican recently criticized some elements of liberation theology as relying too heavily on Marxist analysis, but it affirmed the church's fight against oppression in Central and South America. The Rev. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, chosen as Superior General of the Jesuits a year ago, said in an interview in New York last week that the order would continue to aid efforts for social justice in Latin America.

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