CELAM (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano - Latin American Episcopal Conference) was created in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiros waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and...

Based in Bogotá (Colombia), the CELAM pushed the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) toward a more progressive stance. During the four next years, CELAM prepared 1968 Medellin Conference, in Colombia, officially supporting "base ecclesiastic communities" and the Liberation theology founded by Gustavo Gutiérrez in his 1972 essay, "A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation". This article is about the Colombian capital; for the town in New Jersey, see Bogota, New Jersey. ... The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... Liberation theology is an important and controversial school in the theology of the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. ... Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, O.P. (born 1928 Lima) is a Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of liberation theology. ...

CELAM support to Liberation theology was frowned on by Vatican, Paul VI trying to slow the movement after the 1962-1965 Council. Antonio Cardinal Samore, in charge of relations between the Roman Curia and the CELAM as the leader of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, was ordered to put a term to this orientation. Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Enrica Antonia Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), served as Pope from 1963 to 1978. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ...

With Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo election in 1972 as general secretary of the CELAM, conservatives gained control of this organization as well as of the Roman Curia. Considered a papabile at the 2005 Papal conclave, López Trujillo stayed CELAM's general secretary until 1984. His Eminence Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo (born 8 November 1935) is a Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. ... Papabile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Papal conclave of 2005 began on April 18, 2005 and ended the next day after four ballots. ... This page is about the year 1984. ...

However, at the 1979 CELAM's Conference of Puebla, conservative reorientation of the CELAM was met by strong opposition from the progressive part of the clergy, which defined the concept of a "preferiential option for the poors". But with the election of John Paul II, conservatives took control of both the Roman Curia and the CELAM. Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was charged of bringing back the Vatican's authority in the third-world. In 1984 and 1986, Vatican condemned twice Liberation theology, accused of marxism influence. Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (b. ...

In his travel in Managua, Nicaragua, John Paul II harshly condemned what he dubbed the "popular Church" (i.e. "base ecclesiastic communities" supported by the CELAM) and, against nicaraguan clergy tendencies to support the Sandinistas, insisted on Vatican's sole and only authority.

Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez was CELAM's general secretary from 1995 to 1999, and Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez also has been one. Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., (born December 29, 1942) is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and that churchs Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Cardinal Aponte Martinez His Eminence Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez (born August 4, 1922) was the first Puerto Rican to be consecrated a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and for 34 years was the Archbishop of San Juan. ...

See also

• Liberation theology
• Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo
• Joseph Ratzinger
• John Paul II
• Roman Curia

Liberation theology is an important and controversial school in the theology of the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. ... His Eminence Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo (born 8 November 1935) is a Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (b. ... Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ...

External links

• [1] CELAM official website