Pedro Casaldáliga Pla (Balsareny, 1928), a Claretian missionary, was ordained priest in 1952 In 1968 arrives in Brazil and was consecrated bishop of Sao Felix do Araguaia (Mato Grosso, Brazil) in 1971 After presenting its canonical resignation in 2003 has been relieved Bishops in 2005 "Having left of Catalonia, Spain, Europe, Africa and go through to come to live permanently in the Brazilian Mato Grosso of the Americas, has universalized my soul. And the passionate contact with the indigenous cause black cause and have helped me to rediscover the identity of individuals and peoples as otherness and as complementarity. You get close 'to the power of the powerless' in the option for the poor, in the popular movement, grassroots and social pastoral, I definitely woke up the outrage and commitment; and also hope, "as we said recently summary of his life. Among his most important books, translated into several languages, are: newspapers, I believe in justice and hope (1975), Death gives meaning to my creed (1977), In rebel Fidelity (1983), Nicaragua, combat and Prophecy (1986), when the days are sobering (2005); in poetry, anointed Word (1955), Full of God and Men (1965), elemental Cry (1971), Our Land, Freedom (1974), Fire and ashes to the wind (1983), Song of the entire freedom (1984 ), and the waiting time (1986), I call subversive (1988), yet these words (1989), neobíblicos Sonnets (1996); and testing, Spirituality of Liberation, with José María Vigil (1992).
