| 1984 |
1984-08-06 |
CDF Instruction 'Libertatis Nuntius' — The Instruction on Certain Aspects of the 'Theology of Liberation', signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, warns against the uncritical borrowing of Marxist analysis while not condemning the theme of liberation itself.[1] |
| 1984 |
1984-09-07 |
Boff's colloquy with the CDF over 'Church: Charism and Power' — Leonardo Boff was summoned to a colloquy at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, meeting for about two hours with its prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, over his 1981 book 'Church: Charism and Power'. Brazilian cardinals Aloísio Lorscheider and Paulo Evaristo Arns attended in support; a Notification and a period of imposed silence followed in 1985.[4] [5] |
| 1985 |
1985 ? |
Segundo's 'Theology and the Church' answers Cardinal Ratzinger — Juan Luis Segundo published 'Theology and the Church: A Response to Cardinal Ratzinger and a Warning to the Whole Church', a book-length rebuttal to the CDF's 1984 Instruction 'Libertatis Nuntius', arguing the critique rested on a dualistic theology at odds with Vatican II and missed what liberation theologians actually taught. It became a key primary document of the reception debate (reviewed by Avery Dulles, 1986).[6] [7] [1] |
| 2007 |
2007-05-13/31 |
CELAM V (Aparecida) — Opened by Benedict XVI; Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio chairs the final-document drafting committee — Aparecida is later described by commentators as the matrix of his pontificate.[8] [9] [3] [10] |
| 2008 |
2008-04-19 |
Death of Alfonso López Trujillo — Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo — CELAM secretary-general (from 1972) and president (from 1979), later president of the Pontifical Council for the Family — died in Rome on 19 April 2008; his funeral Mass was celebrated by Benedict XVI in St Peter's Basilica on 23 April.[11] [12] |