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Based in Bogotá (Colombia), the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (Spanish: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño; Portuguese: Conselho Episcopal Latino-Americano e Caribenho), better known as CELAM, is a council of the Roman Catholic bishops of Latin America, created in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

  1. ^ Cleary, Edward L (2007), "CELAM", Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (2 ed.), Washington: CQ Press, pp. 112–114, retrieved 2022-04-25

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revolutionary goals and openly embraced it following the Second Episcopal Conference of Latin America, which openly called for challenging oppressive regimes...

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responsibility. A major player in the formation of liberation theology was the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM). Created in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro...

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Paulo Freire

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