In an address to Brazilian bishops, Pope Benedict said the "visible consequences" of the "deceitful principles" of liberation theology have been "rebellion, division, dissent, offense, anarchy (that) are still being felt." In his address, Pope Benedict recalled the 25th anniversary of the document "Libertatis nuntius" by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which condemned Marxist liberation theology trends, Lifesite News reports.
Pope Benedict said the "visible consequences" of the "deceitful principles" of Liberation Theology in the Church in Brazil have been "rebellion, division, dissent, offense, anarchy (that) are still being felt, creating amidst your diocesan communities great pain and a grave loss of living strength."
Earlier, at a concert at the Sistine Chapel on Friday evening, the pope addressed communism, saying, "Under the communist dictatorship there was no action that would have been regarded as evil and always immoral in itself. Whatever served the objectives of the party was good, however inhuman it might be."
The concert was sponsored by the German president to mark 60 years since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"Many at the time experienced the events of November 9, 1989, as the unexpected dawn of freedom, after a long and painful night of violence and oppression by a totalitarian system that, at the very end, led to a nihilism, an emptying of souls," the Pope said.
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