Vatican newspaper says Jesuit was right to apply Gospel to injustice

Published: 2007-03-27

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican newspaper said Jesuit Father Jon Sobrino, whose work was recently criticized by doctrinal authorities, was right in trying to apply the truth of the Gospel to concrete situations of global injustice. Where Father Sobrino risks going astray, the newspaper said, is in proposing a new type of Christology that seems to prefer the "Jesus of history" to the "Christ of faith" and downplays his transcendent nature. The article, published in L'Osservatore Romano March 24, came 10 days after the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published a note warning of "erroneous or dangerous propositions" in the work of Father Sobrino, a leading proponent of liberation theology. The newspaper article was written by Father Antonio Stagliano, director of a theological institute in Naples, Italy. Typically, such follow-up articles are arranged by Vatican officials to emphasize and explore arguments in the original notification.

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