The land is God
The land is God's gift to everyone," affirmed leaders from
Latin American and U.S. churches in a statement supporting Brazil's Landless Workers
Movement. The national movement, which began in 1984 and has won land for 250,000
families, has been increasingly vilified in the Brazilian press.
The church statement, signed by leading theologians, bishops, and
pastors, was published during a conference on Christianity in Latin America and the
Caribbean held in July in Sao Paulo. The statement concluded by saying that Jesus Christ
strengthens the path of the poor of the earth. Also, the U.S. National Council of Churches
published an open letter to the Landless Workers Movement during the conference,
supporting "its admirable action in favor of justice in the countryside and education
for the poorest of Brazil."
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