The catholic who is not a revolutionary is living in mortal sin. - Camilo Torres

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The catholic who is not a revolutionary is living in mortal sin.

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About Camilo Torres

Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 – 15 February 1966) was a Colombian Catholic revolutionary, an ordained priest, and a leader of the National Liberation Army (ELN). During his life, he advocated for liberation theology by trying to reconcile revolutionary socialism and Roman Catholicism.

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Native Name: Camilo Torres Restrepo
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I have left the privileges and duties of the clergy, but I have not stopped being a priest. I believe that I have given myself to the Revolution out of love for my neighbor. I have stopped saying Mass in order to realize this love for my neighbor, in the temporal, economic and social realms. When my neighbor has nothing against me, when I have accomplished the Revolution, I will return to offering Mass if God allows me. I believe that in this way I am following Christ's command: "If you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift" (St. Matthew V, 23-24).

For the unity of the popular class, until death! For the organization of the popular class, until death! For the seizure of power for the working class, until death! Until death, because we are determined to go all the way. Until victory, because a people who give themselves up until death always achieve victory. Until the final victory, with the slogans of the NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY. Not one step back... Liberation or death!

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Spartacus, for example, wanted to put an end to slavery and killing and had to do it fast lest he himself die in the gladiators’ ring. To succeed, he had to kill those bent on killing him. He hoped to eliminate political injustice completely and, to do so, felt he had to eliminate all the unjust. Robespierre hoped to eliminate political injustice completely and, to do so, felt he had to eliminate all the unjust. Lenin and Trotsky, bent on eradicating what they felt was the real cause of injustice—economic exploitation—thought themselves compelled to do away with all those strong enough to perpetuate it and, in so doing, set up the framework by which arbitrary elimination could be carried out by their successor, Stalin. Yet, for all their faults, who would say that the world is not better off today as a result? Only one who has never been a slave could condemn Spartacus. Only one who has never been politically irrelevant could condemn Robespierre. Only one who has never been hungry could condemn Lenin.

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