Given the number of hits on my piece on Glenn Beck and liberation theology, and the number of comments (some of them remarkably strong), I thought I would offer a little quiz, based on a quote just sent by a friend.  Who said the following to the Brazilian bishops in 1986?  “[W]e are convinced, we and you, that liberation theology is not only timely but useful and necessary” It’s quoted in Alfred Hennelly’s book Liberation Theology: A Documentary History, p. 503.

Give up? 

Pope John Paul II.

James Martin, SJ

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.