Matthews Asks if New Pope Subscribes to Liberation Theology

Speaking Wednesday on his MSNBC show, "Hardball," host Chris Matthews asked his guest Maria Teresa Kumar, whether Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina subscribed to "liberation theology," the controversial doctrine associated with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. 

"Can you mark him as a liberalist theologian," Matthews asked. "You see I met one of those down and gave us plenary indulgence [indecipherable] when I went down to Rio. We had a priest come in, he was an Irish guy, he was a missionary down there and he was a liberation theologian. Clearly identifying the only two sins are nuclear war and racism. These guys are liberals."