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Pope John Paul II walks among a crowd after his arrival in San Salvador during his visit to El Salvador. Standing around him are several members of the clergy, including Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, standing second from the right. On the far left of the image stands Salvadoran President Álvaro Magaña. 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 camina entre una multitud despúes de haber llegado a San Salvador durante su visita a El Salvador. Parados a su alrededor se observan a varios miembros del clero, incluyendo al arzobispo Arturo Rivera y Damas, el segundo hombre parado desde la orilla de la imagen. Sobre la extrema izquierda de la imagen se observa al presidente salvadoreño Álvaro Magaña. 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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