Abstract
The Second Vatican Council has a special significance in Latin America. This is especially true due to the influence of the document Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World). This took place at the Medellin Conference (1968) when Bishop Marcus Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C., pointed to this influence through his keynote address “The Signs of the Times.” He was prepared for this moment through his earlier theological training in Europe and his pastoral missions, especially in Chile and Panama. It was his earlier practice of Catholic Action among young lay persons that led him into the “bridge theology” that was to be promoted further by Pope Francis.
Highlights
Not infrequently, an opposition between theology and pastoral ministry emerges as if they were two opposite and separate realities which have nothing to do with each other
This paper provides an example of how the Conferences of Latin American Bishops (CELAM) regional experiences can lead to increasing styles of effective collegiality
The focus of my doctoral study was the laity in the Church and I chose as my thesis topic, ―A Thomistic Conception of the Spirituality of the Catholic University Lay Student.‖ This dissertation would later be published in book form
Summary
An opposition between theology and pastoral ministry emerges as if they were two opposite and separate realities which have nothing to do with each other. In 2013 Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentinian Jesuit priest, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, became the first Pope from the so-called New World, adopting the name Francis. It can be conducive to building bridges of understanding in place of walls of separation This ―theology of the people‖ stresses the lived reality of the people as is present in the Jocist methodology of ―seeing-judging-acting.‖ This sense of the realidad from this methodology will be emphasized in this article. Dossier: Conference of Medellín: 50 years – Original Article: CELAM and the emerging reception of the “Bridge Theology” of Pope Francis: from Marcos Gregorio Mcgrath to the Latin American church today.
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