No Salvation Outside the Poor Douglass "Lamenting that he sometimes feels

"Lamenting that he sometimes feels like a motherless child

Jeannette Rodriguez-Holguin

For twenty-five years

" the "Little Poor Man" of the 12th century embodies the Church's preferential option for the poor" As a "model of gentleness and care

including The Seven Story Mountain and Peace in the Post-Christian Era

No Salvation Outside the Poor Douglass "Lamenting that he sometimes feelsThe provocative title of these essays plays on a traditional Catholic saying, "No salvation outside the church." But as Fr. Sobrino notes, salvation has many dimensions, both personal and social, historical and transcendent. Insofar as salvation implies God's response to a world marred by suffering and injustice, then the poor represent an indispensable test, a key to the healing of a sick society. Drawing on the radical hope of Christian faith the