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Also cited by the University were the Most Rev. Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil; Chien-Shiung Wu, an experimental nuclear physicist; and Clifford Geertz, a social anthorpologist...
...Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Camara has gained notariety for championing the cause of the poor and oppressed, particularly in the Northeastern part of Brazil, one of the poorest sections of the world...
...social justice must be embarrassed to see our nation giving moral and financial support to oppressive governments like Brazil's. The severity of the poverty in places like Sao Paulo or Recife ought to demand of us a dramatic response. The brave example of men like Dom Helder Camara, a man struggling to bring justice to his people, should draw more than just a footnote acknowledgment...
...amiable, moderate conservative who often puts in a 16-hour day but stays out of the island's political battles. One name was notably missing from the five other Latin Americans to get red hats: Brazil's famed prelate of the poor, Dom Helder Pessoa Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife. But Dom Helder did not go unrewarded. The same day the papal list became public, he was chosen for an honor of a different kind. For his work in behalf of social justice and peaceful change in Brazil, nine members of the Swedish Parliament nominated Dom Helder...
Other major countries show less organized involvement. Colombia, home of Rebel Priest Camilo Torres, martyred hero of the left, has virtually no radical Christian organization; the once active Golconda movement has all but disappeared for lack of leadership. Brazil's Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, is still an outspoken proponent of "liberation," and many of Brazil's priests and bishops, while quiet on ideology, are actively working for change. But the government has become so repressive that it now censors even church newspapers; no visible leftist priests' movement could hope to exist...