Medellín would be the first and perhaps one of the most successful exercises of appropriation of the Second Vatican Council at the continental level.
Rafael Luciani
Rafael Luciani is an associate professor of theology at Boston College.
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Pope Francis’ theology begins with the people’s faith.
Pope Francis’ theology begins with the people’s faith.
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The church’s prophetic witness in the world begins with its own conversion.
Before pastoral agents or academic theologians present themselves to the poor as authoritative teachers, they must learn from the poor and let themselves be affected by the fraternal solidarity that characterizes their lives.
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Pope Francis connects the pastoral and theological in a ‘new way of being church.’
The pope’s aim is to establish a whole new way of being church.
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Pope Francis’ ‘option for the poor’ means living and thinking with the people
The option for the poor is not just an option for each poor individual that we find on the roadside. Rather, it is an option that is both structural and structuring.