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The real Church of the poor by Michael Löwy
Translated for Verso by David Broder. The orginal article appeared in Le Monde on 30 March 2013
The first Latin American pope, Francis, appears to want to distinguish himself from the ideas and practices of his predecessor, harking back to St. Francis of Assisi and placing the question of poverty at the centre of his pontificate. But, being of South American origin, is he close to liberation theology? There’s reason enough to doubt it…