Peru’s Catholics Brace for Fissures in Their Church
By LARRY ROHTER
LIMA, Peru - This is the country where a radical, left-leaning “theology of liberation” first emerged 35 years ago. But it is also the place where, four years ago, a member of the Roman Catholic Church’s profoundly conservative Opus Dei movement was for the first time elevated to cardinal.
Now, with the ascension of Pope Benedict XVI, the longstanding divide between conservatives, emboldened by the choice of a kindred spirit, and liberal clergy here and throughout Latin America could intensify. If Peru’s recent past is any measure, such a competition, even if the two sides are not evenly matched, is certain to be fierce.
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