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A large crowd of people stand on a crowded street in San Salvador as they await Pope John Paul II's arrival during his visit to El Salvador. Behind the crowd there is a large advertisement for Orange Crush, an American orange-flavored soft drink. Above that advertisement is a billboard advertising Pope John Paul II's visit, which reads, "John Paul II - Blessed he who comes in the name of the Lord...!" and "Totus Tuus," a Latin phrase that served as his personal motto, which expressed his devotion and piety and his consecration to the Virgin Mary. 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. Una multitud de personas yacen parados en una calle concurrida en San Salvador mientras esperan la llegada del Papa Juan Pablo II durante su visita a El Salvador. Detrás de la multitud se observa un letrero anunciando Orange Crush, un refresco de naranja de origen estadounidense. Sobre ese anuncio se observa otro letrero que anuncia la visita del Papa Juan Pablo II, el cual lee "Juan Pablo II - Bendito es el que viene en el nombre del Señor...!" y "Totus Tuus", una frase en latín que sirvió como su lema personal, el cual expresó su devoción y piedad y su consagración a la virgen María. 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.
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