Who are those in our world who “don’t count,” whose humanity does not measure up, whose aspirations and needs are not our concern? How would we respond, how would we organize our lives if we believed our salvation rested on the answer to that question?
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My reflections on Bartolomé de las Casas, who died July 18 1566. bit.ly/2Ju94rO. A Dominican missionary in the New World, he came to reject the legitimacy—not just the excesses of the Conquest. The deeds of the invaders revealed that their true god was gold.
“I leave in the Indies Jesus Christ, our God, scourged and afflicted and beaten and crucified not once, but thousands of times.” His message continues to trouble the conscience of all who turn their gaze from the sufferings of the “other.” (Icon: Robert Lentz)
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