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04-11-2005

Interview: Blase Bonpane comments on liberation theology

Host: ED GORDON
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

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Pope John Paul II was popular among the more than 400 million Catholics in Latin America, but his legacy there has been mixed, in part because of the late pope's stance on a popular philosophy known as liberation theology. It sees the church as a major adv...

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