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Article: Faith, power and the poor.(Bishop Dom Helder Camara)(Obituary)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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DOM HELDER CAMARA, who died in Recife, Brazil, on August 27, was one of the great leaders of the 20th century. Like most bishops, he was a politician who built links to the rich and powerful. Yet he also had the rare gift of appealing to all groups, including students, revolutionaries and the press. For a while even conservatives liked Dom Helder. He was Latin America's religious populist, capturing the hearts of the people through his charisma and piety.
Above all, the short and slender bishop devoted his energies to the poor. His struggle for Latin American development and human rights largely defined liberationist Catholicism. Also, his confidence in the ...
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