Latin American liberation theologians, according to Rev Thomas Reese, SJ, say the pope may not use the words liberation theology, ”but he certainly talks the talk: his concern for the poor, his desire to empower the poor to take responsibility and to be part of the community—this is very important for him. He doesn’t use the word liberation theology, but his message is very close to it.” More →

July 26, 2013

“I feel the young people and children, adolescents, all of them, they all need an opportunity…they need a good education,” says Sister Judith Lupo, head of a Catholic social services agency called Bom Parto. More →

November 4, 2011

The UN estimates there are 100 million children who live and work on the streets, with seven million of them in Brazil. On her recent trip to Brazil, Kim Lawton met and followed a British Christian, Cally Magalhaes, who is spending her life trying to rescue some of those children. More →

June 15, 2007

Behind the Scenes in Brazil by Kim Lawton People often ask me how our stories come together. The “Street Children of Brazil” story in particular had many logistical complications, and we had to work hard to pull it off. My … More →

June 15, 2007