Liberation from every form of exploitation, the possibility of a more human and dignified life, the creation of a new humankind - all pass through th… - Gustavo Gutiérrez

Although until recently the Church was closely linked to the established order, it is beginning to take a different attitude regarding the exploitation, oppression, and alienation which prevails in Latin America. This has caused concern among the beneficiaries and defenders of capitalist society, who no longer can depend on what used to be - whether consciously or unconsciously - one of their mainstays.

To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.