Laudato Si

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-55
Author(s):  
William N. Holden ◽  
William O. Mansfield

Abstract This article examines the highly influential Papal encyclical Laudato Si issued by Pope Francis in June 2015. The scientific basis behind climate change is discussed, as are the consequences of climate change, which will be disproportionately borne by the poor countries and poor peoples of the world. The Pope’s prescriptions for coping with climate change are reviewed and the article concludes with a discussion of how Laudato Si exemplifies the simultaneous, and frequently intersecting, themes of protecting the environment and protecting the poor in Catholic social thought. In many ways, Laudato Si is the product of the church of the poor confronting climate change.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Rogério L. Zanini

O Papa Francisco instituiu, em 2016, o Dia Mundial dos Pobres. Nos três anos seguintes, emitiu, em cada ano, uma carta-mensagem enfatizando a necessidade de a Igreja colocar os pobres, prediletos de Jesus Cristo, no centro de sua missão. Por um lado, o mundo dos pobres se apresenta com uma multiplicidade de expressões: rostos marcados pelo sofrimento, pelas injustiças sociais, pelos bolsões de pobreza próximos de mansões e sendo repelidos por muros e esquemas de alta segurança. Por outro lado, os pobres, sob o olhar da fé que brota do Deus revelado por Jesus Cristo, são para o cristianismo a presença do próprio Deus na história. Assim, os pobres não são apenas destinatários de uma boa ação, de alguns gestos improvisados de caridade, mas, ao contrário, na relação com os pobres se toca com as mãos a carne de Cristo. Este artigo reflete sobre essas questões a partir das cartas do Papa para o Dia Mundial dos Pobres, tendo como chave-interpretativa o conceito de pobreza fruto da Conferência de Medellín (1968), que se dá em uma perspectiva tríade: pobreza como carência, fruto de injustiças; a pobreza evangélica que precisa ser buscada como lembram os profetas e o próprio Jesus de Nazaré; e pobreza como realidade de solidariedade e missão intrínseca da vida da Igreja.   Abstract Pope Francis established the World Day of the Poor in 2016. Since then, he wrote, each year, a letter-message emphasizing the need for the Church to place the poor, favorites of Jesus Christ, in the center of her mission. On the one hand, the world of the poor presents itself with a multiplicity of expressions: faces marked by suffering, social injustices, areas blighted by poverty living close to mansions and being repelled by walls and high security schemes. On the other hand, the poor, under the sight of faith, which springs from the God revealed by Jesus Christ, are the presence of God Himself in history. Thereby, the poor are not only recipients of a good deed, some improvised gestures of charity, but, on the contrary, in the relationship with the poor, we touch with our own hands the flesh of Christ. This article reflects on those questions, based on the papal letters for the World Day of the Poor, and taking as a hermeneutical key the concept of poverty established in the Medellín conference (1968) in a triad perspective: poverty as a lack and a fruit of injustice; the evangelical poverty that needs to be pursued as the prophets and Jesus of Nazareth remember; and poverty as a reality of solidarity and an intrinsic mission of the Church's life.


Author(s):  
Stephen J. McKinney

AbstractCatholic schools share in the preferential option for the poor that is an essential part of following Jesus and the mission of the Church. Catholic schools in many parts of the world have an historical and contemporary mission for the care and education of the poor. This article uses key passages from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew to illustrate that Mary can be understood as an exemplar of God’s preferential option for the poor. Mary is presented as a young and poor Jewish woman of faith in the Annunciation and the Magnificat in Luke’s Gospel and is presented as an externally displaced person in flight into Egypt in Matthew’s Gospel. The paper also examines the journey to Bethlehem in Luke’s Gospel as interpreted by Pope Francis. He interprets this as Mary being an internally displaced person. Adopting these distinctive modes of interpretation, Mary can be recognised as a model of the preferential option for the poor for Catholic schools.


2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (292) ◽  
pp. 849-864
Author(s):  
Celso Pinto Carias

Há pouco, a Igreja católica ganhou um novo Papa. Ele escolheu o nome de Francisco. É um símbolo forte. O artigo apresentado quer ratificar o fato de que, teologicamente, a Igreja deve caminhar sob um testemunho de pobreza. Então, em sintonia com a caminhada das CEBs (Comunidades Eclesiais de Base), que nunca perderam a vocação da opção pelos pobres, o artigo pretende chamar atenção para a necessidade de uma Igreja que siga a missão com um fundamento teológico que responda à necessidade de proclamar ao mundo aquilo que o Papa Francisco vem fazendo: humildade e simplicidade.Not so long ago, the Catholic Church gained a new Pope. He chose to be called Francis. This is a strong symbol. The present article wants to ratify the fact that, theologically, the Church must walk under a testimony of poverty. Then, in harmony with the path of the CEBs (Ecclesial Grassroots Communities) that never lost their vocation of an option for the poor, the article intends to call attention to the need for a Church that will follow the mission as a theological fundament that in turn responds to the need to proclaim to the world what Pope Francis has been doing: humility and simplicity.Keywords: Catholic Church. Poor Church. CEBs. Humility. Simplicity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Kirch

Both Pope Francis and Robert Schreiter recognize that the world has been profoundly affected by conflict, globalization, and the breakdown of relationships on multiple levels. They also assert that the Church must address these situations. The ecclesiologies of both Schreiter and Francis offer effective tools for this work. This article will examine several key, shared concepts within their ecclesiologies. Specifically, their understandings of the missionary nature of the Church and their robust understanding of catholicity prove to be key concepts in the Church's response to a world marred by sin.


2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (300) ◽  
pp. 990
Author(s):  
Francisco De Aquino Júnior

Síntese: A pretensão deste artigo é provocar uma discussão sobre o atual panorama eclesial, fortalecendo e contribuindo com o movimento de renovação ou de conversão eclesial desencadeado pelo papa Francisco e formulado por ele nos termos de “Igreja em saída” para as “periferias do mundo”. Depois de algumas considerações mais gerais sobre a problemática da análise do panorama eclesial, apresenta a novidade que representa Francisco e seu projeto de uma “Igreja em saída para as periferias”, no atual panorama eclesial, e indica alguns desafios e algumas tarefas teológico-pastorais que emergem deste projeto de renovação ou de reforma eclesial. E conclui com uma convocação ao fortalecimento e ao aprofundamento teológico-pastoral deste projeto, não desperdiçando o “tempo de graça” que o Senhor nos concede.Palavras-chave: Conjuntura eclesial. Papa Francisco. Missão da Igreja. Periferias. Teologia.Abstract: The purpose of this article is to provoke a discussion about the current ecclesial panorama, strengthening and contributing to the movement of renewal or of ecclesial conversion triggered by Pope Francis and formulated by him in terms of “the Church on exit” to the “peripheries of the world “. After a few more general considerations on the issue of the ecclesial landscape analysis, the article presents the novelty that Francis and his project of a “Church on exit to the peripheries” represents in the current ecclesial scene, and indicates some challenges and some theological-pastoral tasks that emerge from this project of renewal or of ecclesial reform. It concludes with a call for the strengthening and theological-pastoral deepening of this project, so that the “time of grace” that the Lord is granting us will not be wasted.Keywords: Ecclesial conjuncture. Pope Francis. The Church’s Mission. Peripheries. Theology.


Horizons ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shadle

Reaction among conservatives to Pope Francis' Evangelii Gaudium has most often been negative. Ross Douthat, however, in his 2013 New York Times op-ed, has offered a more nuanced critique. Our four Roundtable authors respond to Douthat's implied invitation to a discussion by responding from the viewpoint of Catholic social thought.


1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Man Singh Das

The phenomenon popularly known as brain drain has attracted growing concern in the United States and abroad (Tulsa Daily World, 1967; Committee on Manpower... 1967; Asian Student, 1968a: 3; 1968b: 1; 1969: 3; Institute of Applied Manpower . . . 1968; U. S. Congress, 1968; Gardiner, 1968: 194-202; Bechhofer, 1969: 1-71; Committee on the International Migration . . . 1970). The notion has been expressed that the poor countries of the world are being deprived of their talent and robbed of their human resources by the exchange of scholars and students which goes on between nations (U.S. Congress, 1968: 16-25; Mondale, 1967a: 24-6; 1967b: 67-9). Implicit is the idea that many students from these less developed countries go to the more highly developed and industrialized countries for study and decide not to return to their homeland.


Author(s):  
Nicholas Banatvala ◽  
Eric Heymann

This chapter looks at the broader determinants of health and current approaches to tackling public health in poor countries. Reading this chapter will help you understand the major public health issues among the poor populations of the world, and the approaches used to tackle them.


2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Stan Chu Ilo

This article discusses Pope Francis’s teaching on poverty and economic justice with reference to his Evangelii gaudium and Laudato si’. This teaching is developed through three emphases of the pope: (1) a compassionate church, moved by the suffering and injustice in the world; (2) a church whose mission is to accompany humanity with the leaven of the Gospel in order to bring about a radical conversion of hearts and worldly systems and institutions; and (3) a transformative missional praxis that brings about integral salvation through solidarity with the poor and marginalized, and a prophetic commitment to human and cosmic flourishing.


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