Father Joe; helping the poor of Bangkok

[Londoner]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/28/i-was-a-drunk-for-20-years-the-unlikely-us-priest-revered-in-the-slums-of-bangkok

I've never been an admirer of Catholicism- too prescriptive for someone brought-up as a non-conformist  Christian- but this guy is worth reading about.  Though (sadly) less political, he reminds me of  the Liberation Theology priests in Latin America who supported the working-classes and indigenous peoples there....until officially disavowed by conservatives in Rome.

 

 

[caeron]

I much dislike the Church, but in among the piles of shit are some true gems.