Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi te (‘I have loved you’), sees the love of Christ incarnated in love for the poor, in caring for the sick, opposing slavery, defending women who experience exclusion and violence, making education available to all, accompanying migrants, charitable giving, working for equality and more…
Following in the footsteps of his predecessors
With this document, signed on 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assis, Pope Leo situates himself firmly on the path laid out by his predecessors, including Saint John XXIII, with his appeal, in Mater et Magistra, to wealthier countries not to remain indifferent to nations oppressed by hunger and extreme poverty (83)…
The ‘faces’ of poverty
Pope Leo’s Exhortation offers numerous points for reflection and calls for action in its analysis of the many “faces of the poor and of poverty”, including “the poverty of those who lack material means of subsistence” or “who are socially marginalized and lack the means to give voice to their dignity and abilities” (9).
Pope Leo also notes the existence of moral, spiritual, and cultural poverty; the poverty of “those who have no rights, no space, no freedom” (9).
Inequality and new forms of poverty
Confronted with this reality, Pope Leo says that although “the commitment to the poor and to removing the social and structural causes of poverty has gained importance in recent decades… it remains insufficient” (10).
He warns of the emergence of new, sometimes “more subtle and dangerous” forms of poverty, and decries economic “rules” that increase wealth for a few but also increase inequality (10, 13).
“I can only state once more that inequality ‘is the root of social ills’” (94)
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Source: Vatican News
Se ha publicado la primera exhortación apostólica de Robert Francis Prevost, un trabajo iniciado por Francisco sobre el tema del servicio a los pobres, en cuyo rostro encontramos “el sufrimiento de los inocentes”. El Papa denuncia la economía que mata, la falta de equidad, la violencia contra las mujeres, la desnutrición y la emergencia educativa.
Siguiendo los pasos de sus predecesores
Con este documento firmado el 4 de octubre, festividad de San Francisco de Asís, el Pontífice agustino sigue los pasos de sus predecesores: Juan XXIII, con su llamamiento a los países ricos en Mater et Magistra para que no permanecieran indiferentes ante los países oprimidos por el hambre y la miseria (83)…
Los “rostros” de la pobreza
Son numerosos los motivos de reflexión y los impulsos a la acción en la exhortación de Robert Francis Prevost, en la que se analizan los “rostros” de la pobreza. La pobreza de “los que no tienen medios de sustento material”, “del que está marginado socialmente y no tiene instrumentos para dar voz a su dignidad y a sus capacidades”, la pobreza “moral”, “espiritual”, “cultural”; la pobreza “del que no tiene derechos, ni espacio, ni libertad” (9).
Nuevas formas de pobreza y falta de equidad
Ante este panorama, el Santo Padre considera “insuficiente” el compromiso para eliminar las causas estructurales de la pobreza en sociedades marcadas “por numerosas desigualdades”, por la aparición de nuevas formas de pobreza “más sutiles y peligrosas” (10), por normas económicas que han aumentado la riqueza, “pero sin equidad”.
“La falta de equidad es raíz de los males sociales” (94)
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Fuente: Vatican News
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