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Pope John Paul II is welcomed by a large crowd in San Salvador during his visit to El Salvador. Before him, a woman kneels and presses his hand to her forehead. Standing around him are many people, including members of the clergy. Pope John Paul II traveled to El Salvador to reinforce the Catholic Church's conservative teachings, thereby undermining liberation theology and the efforts of the revolutionaries, who sought to liberate El Salvador from foreign intervention and domination. Thus, Pope John Paul II eliminated the revolution's moral justification, effectively delegitimizing it. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. El Papa Juan Pablo II es bienvenido por una multitud de personas en San Salvador durante su visita a El Salvador. Frente a él se observa a una mujer hincada presionando su mano hacia su frente. Parados a su alrededor se observa a muchas personas, incluyendo a miembros del clero. El El Papa Juan Pablo II viajó a El Salvador para reforzar las enseñanzas conservadoras de la iglesia católica, así socavando a la teología de la liberación y los esfuerzos de los revolucionarios, quienes buscaban liberar a El Salvador de la intervención y de la dominación extranjera. De este modo, el Papa Juan Pablo II eliminó la justificación moral de la revolución, efectivamente deslegitimandola. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005 Papal visits--El Salvador--San Salvador Magaña, Alvaro Presidents--El Salvador Rivera Damas, Arturo Bishops--El Salvador
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