Abstract
Church’s ministry is to stand in solidarity with the poor, oppressed and to safeguard creation. This call requires the Church –which means all Christians– to get involved in the world’s socio-political affairs. Consequently, the Church is and must be political in a broad and noble sense. A prophetic liberative mission of the Church includes promoting love, justice, solidarity and fraternity among the entire human family, defending the dignity of the human person in its fullness and safeguarding the integrity of creation in cooperation with all people of good will. The Church will be in position of supporting the just world’s socio-economic and political affairs, but will denounce unjust practices in any form that do not respect the dignity of the human person, destroying livelihoods of the poor or do not safeguard creation as common heritage of humankind. This is to be done without violating the principle of justice and of separation between religion and state.
Highlights
Abstrak: Church’s ministry is to stand in solidarity with the poor, oppressed and to safeguard creation
The Church will be in position of supporting the just world’s socio-economic and political affairs, but will denounce unjust practices in any form that do not respect the dignity of the human person, destroying livelihoods of the poor or do not safeguard creation as common heritage of humankind
This is to be done without violating the principle of justice and of separation between religion and state
Summary
Abstrak: Church’s ministry is to stand in solidarity with the poor, oppressed and to safeguard creation. Didorong oleh kesadaran baru akan sebuah pastoral yang mendesak untuk menentang ketidakadilan sosial di dunia, Gereja selama Konsili Vatikan II sudah menyarankan pembentukan sebuah lembaga kepausan yang berperan membela dan mempromosikan keadilan dan perdamaian: Konsili Vatican II, mengingat masih merajalelanya penderitaan yang masih menimpa sebagian besar umat manusia saat ini, menganggap perlu didirikannya suatu organisme dari Gereja universal agar baik keadilan maupun kasih Kristus terhadap orang-orang miskin bisa dikembangkan di mana-mana. Sekedar untuk menyebutkan sebuah contoh lain, ketika teologi pembebasan lahir di Amerika Latin pada tahun 1970-an, Gereja di sana juga menghadapi kesulitan yang sama seperti diceriterakan Leo Boff dalam bukunya Church,Charism and Power: Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church: Ketika orang berbicara tentang ketidakadilan sosial dan pembebasan, [sesungguhnya] orang itu sudah menempatkan dirinya di dalam inti persoalan mengenai masalah dominasi politik. Kita membaca kepala berita surat kabar seperti "Gereja tidak boleh terlibat dalam politik," "Paus melarang para pastor dan uskup dari keterlibatan dalam politik," "Tidak ada politik dalam Perayaan Misa," [atau] "Tidak ada politik di gedung-gedung gereja." [Tapi persoalannya], apa persis sebenarnya yang dimaksudkan dengan kata "politik" itu?9
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