The class bigotry that is exhibited by some of the posters on this particular forum is quite interesting, too say the least. Please notice how this bigotry translates into ad hominem attacks on the essayist.

Pope Benedict XVI and his predecessor John Paul II have consistently put themselves on the side of the aristocracy, the landowners and the well-to-do in Latin America. Local Roman Catholics like Leonardo Boff and Bishop Romero, in contradistinction, put themselves on the side of the poor and dispossessed. Bishop Romero was murdered. Leonardo Boff was laicized.

The issue is not so much whether Jesus was a social revolutionary or not, the real issue is why Benedict XVI is not.


http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/john_shelby_spong/2007/05/jesus_broke_barriers_pope_buil.html