| Summary: | Bartolomé de las Casas is one of the most powerfully prophetic figures in the history of the Catholic Church. A witness to the terrible destruction of the indigenous peoples of the newly discovered Americas, he became a thorn in the side of the complacent, passionately advocating for human dignity and courageously speaking out against injustice. Las Casas anticipated modern social and political movements by hundreds of years, and vividly reminds us today that a commitment to justice is an essential dimension of Christian discipleship. In this episode of Catholicism: the Pivotal Players, Bishop Barron and his team travel to Seville, Valladolid, Santo Domingo, and all of the locations that played a significant role in the formation and vocation of Bartolomé de las Casas, which in turn formed the life of the Church.
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