scholarly journals Ecologia nos documentos da Igreja Católica

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (276) ◽  
pp. 861
Author(s):  
Ludovico Garmus
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Great Care ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sacred Scripture ◽  
The Church

O estudo apresenta um apanhado das preocupações da Igreja Católica sobre a questão ambiental, colhidas nos vários documentos, desde o Vaticano II até a V Conferência Latino-Americana, de Aparecida. Torna-se bastante incisiva, sobretudo, nos pronunciamentos dos Papas Paulo VI e João Paulo II. Está bem presente na temática de várias Campanhas da Fraternidade promovidas pelo Episcopado do Brasil. Notáveis são também os posicionamentos sobre o ambiente nas Conferências Episcopais Latino-Americanas (CELAM), Medellín, Puebla, Santo Domingo e Aparecida. O estudo mostra que a Igreja, preocupada em orientar os fiéis e a sociedade na luta pela preservação de todas as formas de vida, tem acompanhado com atençãoproblemáticadaecologia.AIgrejatomaposiçãofrenteaosproblemas ambientais, recorrendo à Sagrada Escritura, à Teologia e ao Magistério.Abstract: This study presents a series of concerns of the Catholic Church about the environmental issue extracted from various documents from the Vatican II until the 5th Latin American Conference of Aparecida. The issue becomes quite sharply defined in the pronouncements of Popes Paul VI and John Paul II. It is also clearly present in the theme of the various Fraternity Campaigns promoted by the Brazilian Bishops. The stated opinions about the environment at the Latin American Episcopal Conferences of Medellin, Puebla, Santo Domingo and Aparecida are also remarkable. The study shows that the Church, being concerned with guiding the faithful and society in the struggle for the preservation of all forms of life, has followed the problems of the ecology with great care. It also takes a stand in the face of environmental problems by resorting to the Sacred Scripture, to Theology and to the Magisterium.

Prophetic Martyrdom in Modern Latin America

2020 ◽  
pp. 236-255
Author(s):  
Edward T. Brett
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Religious Sisters ◽  
Church Workers ◽  
Modern Latin America ◽  
The Church

Following the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), over a thousand priests and religious sisters and brothers were exiled, imprisoned, tortured, or murdered in Latin America by authoritarian governments. A much larger number of lay Church workers were also incarcerated, brutalized, or killed. Most suffered or died because, following the ideals of Vatican II and the Second Latin American Bishops Conference at Medellín, Colombia (1968), they committed themselves to the amelioration of the marginalized in their countries, even though they were fully aware that to do so placed their lives in great peril. This chapter treats a select number—mostly priests and nuns—who were killed because of their prophetic devotion to the poor. It is limited to the nations of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America. It also touches on the bitter divisions that resulted in the Church as a consequence of this new religious activism. Finally, it demonstrates why the deaths of so many religious-based social justice activists forced the institutional Catholic Church to reexamine its outdated criteria for martyrdom.

scholarly journals Misericórdia: opção fundamental para o agir cristão na atualidade

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellton Luis Sbardella ◽  
Clélia Peretti
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sacred Scripture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church

O presente artigo apresenta reflexões bíblicas e do magistério da Igrejasobre o tema da misericórdia. A misericórdia é o fundamento para os desafios que a fé cristã enfrenta diante das diferentes manifestações de violência na nossa sociedade. O tema da misericórdia está presente na Sagrada Escritura e no Catecismo da Igreja Católica (CIC), o qual nos mostra a concretização da ação misericordiosa de Deus em Jesus para todo ser humano. A Bula Misericordiae Vultus, do Papa Francisco, na  proclamação do Jubileu Extraordinárioda Misericórdia, apresenta com clareza o rosto da misericórdia de Deus, sua presença e ações manifestas no caminhar e na história do povo. O desafio do cristão hoje é uma prática evangélica da misericórdia, que ofereça respostas de libertação àquilo que fere a dignidade do homem e da mulher.Palavras-chave: Misericordiae Vultus. Deus é misericórdia. Violência e misericórdia.Abstract: The present article presents biblical reflections and the magisterium of the Church on the subject of mercy. Mercy is the foundation for the challenges that the Christian faith faces in the face of the different manifestations of violence in our society. The theme of mercy is present in Sacred Scripture and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) which shows us the concreteness of the merciful action of God in Jesus for every human being. The Bull Misericordiae Vultus of Pope Francis in the proclamation of the extraordinary jubilee of mercy clearly presents the face of the mercy of God, his presence and actions manifested in the way of the people and in his history. The challenge of the Christian today is an evangelical practice of mercy offering answers of deliverance to that which hurts the dignity of man and woman.Keywords: Misericordiae Vultus. God is mercy. Violence and mercy.

Catholic Laity in the Latin American Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 505-521
Author(s):  
Robert S. Pelton
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Contextual Theology ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
The Church

Before Vatican II, pastoral theology reflected a clear distinction between the ordained and non-ordained members of the Church, but a gradual nuancing of this issue was taking place in Latin America as early as the 1950s. In those areas, there had been rather intensive study of “modern” European theologians. Through their writings and pastoral visits to the region of America, these progressive European theologians began to strongly influence Latin American theology —especially in Chile and Brazil. This influence was shown through the beginnings of small Christian communities, and through an emphasis on doing “contextual” theology. This is a theology that emphasizes the experiential in the light of tradition, which eventually led to Latin American liberation theology. The Church of Latin America has long been a leader in innovations that incorporate the role of Scripture in everyday life: the preferential and evangelizing option for the poor, small Christian communities (also known as CEBs or BECs), lay apostolates and lay missionaries, and other endeavors to put the Church at service to the People of God. “Laying boots on the ground” has become truly essential to carrying out the Church’s mission in the world and pastoral ambience contributes strongly to this growing appreciation of the Catholic laity. Combined with the importance of theologically reflecting within the context of regional realities, this approach can provide hope for a challenged but youthful and vibrant Catholic Church of Latin America.

scholarly journals Medellín en su contexto eclesial

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (309) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Víctor Codina
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Local Church ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Face ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church

Medellín 1968 fue un tiempo de gracia, una irrupción del Espíritu para América Latina, fue una recepción creativa del Vaticano II por parte de la Iglesia local Latinoamericana que en el clamor de los pobres discernió un signo de los tiempos En Medellín se actualiza el deseo de Juan XXIII de que el rostro de la Iglesia conciliar fuera el dela Iglesia de los pobres, que el Vaticano II, seguramente muy centro-europeo, no logró plasmar.Abstract: Medellin 1968 was a time of grace, an eruption of the Spirit for Latin America.  It was a creative reception of the Vatican II by the local Latin-American Church that perceived in the outcry of the poor a sign of the times. In Medellin, Pope John XXIII’s wish – that the face of the conciliar Church be that of the Church of the poor – was finally concretized. This was a wish that the naturally very Centro-European Vatican II was unable to fulfil.Keywords: Vatican II; Local church; Signs of the times; Poor; Justice.

Cuba: Religion and Revolutionary Institutionalization

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret E. Crahan
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Cuban Revolution ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Both before and after the 1959 revolution, the Catholic Church in Cuba deviated from the norm in Latin America. This is in large measure due to the unique historical and social experience of Cuba, as well as to the fact that the church remained until the early 1960s largely a missionary outpost of Spain. When the revolution occurred, the Catholic Church was frozen in a pre-Vatican II mold which was reinforced by an exodus of clergy, religious and laity. The economic and diplomatic embargo of Cuba further isolated the church from progressive trends within the international church. Thus, the ferment unleashed by Vatican II (1962–5) and the Latin American Bishops Conference at Medellín, Colombia (1968) had less impact than changes resulting from the Cuban Revolution. As a consequence, the Catholic Church in Cuba entered the 1970s with limited theological and pastoral resources to meet the challenge of a consolidated Marxist/Leninist revolution. As an institution, the Catholic Church in Cuba is, as it was in 1959, the weakest in all of Latin America.

scholarly journals Existe um catolicismo de base leiga? História do Laicato na América Latina e no Caribe (1498-1955)

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (279) ◽  
pp. 602
Author(s):  
Sávio Carlos Desan Scopinho
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
American Catholicism ◽  
Catholic Action ◽  
Historical View ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The Church

Este artigo estuda a presença do laicato no catolicismo latino-americano, desde o início da colonização (1498) até a primeira metade do século XX. Nesse período, a Igreja Católica se estruturou de forma hierárquica, fazendo do leigo um “auxiliar do clero”, como declarou a I Conferência do Episcopado latino-americano (Rio de Janeiro – 1955). Portanto, o objetivo deste artigo é demonstrar que o leigo teve uma pseudo-autonomia no período colonial e foi colaborador da hierarquia, por meio da Ação Católica geral e especializada, no período de formação dos estados nacionais. Essa visão histórica contribui para entender as conclusões das Conferências Episcopais latino-americanas de Medellín (1968), Puebla (1979), Santo Domingo (1992) e Aparecida (2007), a respeito do papel do laicato na Igreja e na sociedade.Abstract: This article studies the presence of the laity in the Latin American Catholicism, from the beginning of colonization (1948) to the first half of the XX century. In this period, the Catholic Church has been structured in a hierarchic form, making the laity a “clergy auxiliary”, as stated by the First Latin American Episcopal Conference (Rio de Janeiro – 1955). Therefore, the objective of this article is to demonstrate that the laity had pseudo-autonomy in the colonial period and also, was a collaborator of hierarchy, through the General and Specialized Catholic Action, in the period of formation of the national states. This historical view helps to understand the conclusions of the Latin American Episcopal Conferences in Medellín (1968), Puebla (1979), Santo Domingo (1992) e Aparecida (2007), regarding the role of laity inside the Church and the society.

The Church as a Sacrament in a Time of Pandemic: The Philippine Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-280
Author(s):  
Rhoderick John Suarez Abellanosa
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The declaration of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in various provinces and cities in the Philippines did not impede the Catholic Church from celebrating its sacraments and popular devotions. Mired with poverty and various forms of economic and social limitations, the presence of God for Filipinos is an essential element in moving forward and surviving in a time of pandemic. Predominantly Roman Catholic in religious affiliation, seeking the face of God has been part of Filipinos' lives whenever a serious disaster would strike. This essay presents how the clergy, religious and lay communities in the Philippines have innovatively and creatively sustained treasured religious celebrations as a sign of communion and an expression of faith. In addition to online Eucharistic celebrations that are more of a privilege for some, culturally contextualised efforts were made during the Lenten Season and even on Sundays after Easter. This endeavour ends with a reflection on the Church as the sacrament of God in a time of pandemic. Pushed back to their homes, deprived of life's basic necessities and facing threats of social instability, unemployment and hunger, Filipinos through their innovative celebrations find in their communion with their Church the very presence of God acting significantly in their lives.

scholarly journals PRAISE OF THE CONVERT: BELIEVE AND BELONG FROM THE CATHOLICITY OF LATIN AMERICA

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-339
Author(s):  
Felipe Gaytán Alcalá
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church

Latin America was considered for many years the main bastion of Catholicism in the world by the number of parishioners and the influence of the church in the social and political life of the región, but in recent times there has been a decrease in the catholicity index. This paper explores three variables that have modified the identity of Catholicism in Latin American countries. The first one refers to the conversion processes that have expanded the presence of Christian denominations, by analyzing the reasons that revolve around the sense of belonging that these communities offer and that prop up their expansion and growth. The second variable accounts for those Catholics who still belong to the Catholic Church but who in their practices and beliefs have incorporated other magical or esoteric scheme in the form of religious syncretisms, modifying their sense of being Catholics in the world. The third factor has a political reference and has to do with the concept of laicism, a concept that sets its objective, not only in the separation of the State from the Church, but for historical reasons in catholicity restraint in the public space which has led to the confinement of the Catholic to the private, leaving other religious groups to occupy that space.

Interchurch Families

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Reardon
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
International Network ◽  
Christian Unity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

In interchurch families, both partners are practising members of their respective churches but wish also to participate in their spouse’s church as far as possible. Can such families really be ecumenical instruments, when they are so different from the organs of dialogue generally established by the churches? Interchurch couples themselves, united in an international network of groups and associations, believe that they can contribute to the growing unity between their churches. The Roman Catholic Church in particular has developed a more positive attitude towards the ecumenical potential of such families since Vatican II. Interchurch families contribute to Christian unity by their very existence as ‘domestic churches’, embodying and signifying the growing unity of the Church. The chapter concludes by suggesting how, with greater pastoral understanding and a deeper appreciation of the relationship between marital spirituality and spiritual ecumenism, they can become more effective ecumenical instruments by their characteristic ‘double belonging’.

scholarly journals Fighting against the Moral Agenda of Zapatero's Socialist Government (2004–2011): The Spanish Catholic Church as a Political Contender

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Aguilar Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Advocacy Coalitions ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Socialist Government ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church

AbstractEven though not all European churches can be ascribed a political profile, moral issues have unleashed the protest of some of them alongside Christian-inspired groups and advocacy coalitions. Mobilization against these issues is not surprising in democracy but the different role that churches might play is. Unlike other European churches, the Spanish Catholic Church has acted as a political contender under Zapatero's rule (2004–2011). The new Socialist agenda, with its emphasis on morally-liberal reforms, has triggered a protest in which the church has invested significant resources and helped mobilize the more Conservative quarters of the Catholic society. This adversarial role is distinctive but not unique: the Italian and Polish churches have also opted for confrontational strategies in the face of similar challenges. However, the Spanish case is most relevant because, unlike other predominantly Catholic societies (Italy, Portugal, Ireland, and Poland), it has experienced a most profound and fastest secularization process. Confrontation can then be explained by the supply (a well-endowed Church that enjoys a privileged relationship with a non-confessional state) and not by the demand.

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