Author: La Civiltà CattolicaPublisher: ucanews
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
A collection of 9 articles from the February 2020 edition of La Civiltà Cattolica, the highly respected and oldest Catholic journal published from Rome. Maximum Illud, considered as the Magna Carta of modern missions, has a strong message: the condemnation of nationalism and the desire to break the link between missionary activities and political colonialism. Bryan Lobo, SJ reviews the missiological journey the Catholic Church has made from the promulgation of Maximum Illud in 1919 to Evangelii Gaudium in 2013. Cultural Anemia is a term to describe the arrogance and superficiality that traverse our society. Even though the Church tries to promote cultural commitment, she is always misunderstood because of the prejudices. Giandomenico Mucci, SJ says vigorous therapy is necessary to treat an anemia that threatens to bring the end of an era. Forty years after the publication of Václav Havel’s book The Power of the Powerless, Francesco Occhetta, SJ highlights its lessons that are relevant even today about the relationships between politics and power, and between the truth and the lies of ideologies. Pope Francis penned a letter to priests to thank and encourage them, urging them to renew their priestly courage and place themselves in the heart of the Church. Diego Fares SJ considers the important elements in Pope’s letter in Experience Being Disciples: The Letter of Pope Francis to Priests.
