Il testo trae la sua origine nell'invito rivolto da Papa Giovanni Paolo II a tutti i cristiani a trovare le forme in cui il ministero del Vescovo di Roma "possa realizzare un servizio dell'amore riconosciuto da tutti gli interessati" (Ut unum sint 95). Numerose risposte a questo invito sono state offerte da diverse comunioni cristiane, così come riflessioni pertinenti da vari dialoghi teologici ecumenici. Il Dicastero per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani ha visto nel 25° anniversario dell'Enciclica Ut unum sint, così come nella convocazione da parte di Papa Francesco di un Sinodo sulla sinodalità, l'opportunità di offrire una sintesi di questi recenti sviluppi ecumenici. Il libro, che riassume una trentina di risposte alla Lettera Enciclica di Giovanni Paolo II e cinquanta documenti di dialogo ecumenico sul tema, è il frutto di un'ampia consultazione ecumenica e sinodale.
The document The Bishop of Rome finds its origin in in the invitation addressed by Pope John Paul II to all Christians to find, "together, of course", the forms in which the ministry of the Bishop of Rome "may accomplish a service of love recognized by all concerned" (Ut unum sint 95). Numerous responses to this invitation have been offered from different Christian communions, as well as relevant reflections from various ecumenical theological dialogues.
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity saw in the 25th anniversary of the encyclical Ut unum sint, as well as in the convocation by Pope Francis of a Synod on synodality, an opportunity to offer synthesis of these recent ecumenical developments. The Bishop of Rome, summarising some thirty responses to Ut unum sint and fifty ecumenical dialogue documents on the subject, is the fruit of a large ecumenical and synodal consultation.
It concludes with a brief proposal of the Dicastery, identifying the most significant suggestions put forward by the various responses and dialogues.
This document is published in the hope that it will stimulate further theological investigation and practical recommendations for an exercise of the ministry of unity of the Bishop of Rome "recognised by all concerned".
Sema Bellido holds a PhD tn Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid. She worked in several media (television and radio) before turning to the academic life and becoming a professor of Image Culture at Villanueva University (Madrid).
she has also participated in several research groups related to the new trends in the Fiction/Non-Fiction paradigm in Spanish audiovisual discourse, as well as on the protection of minors and and the relationship between television and childhood. She currently resides in Rome, where she combines her work as aq Communications consultant with research at the School of Communication at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
This book was written for the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the School of Church Communications, which was founded in 1996 as part of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Although several of its professors and collaborators have participated as authors, these pages are not intended as a review the brief history of the School. Rather, they aim to be a collective reflection on people, themes and events of the final years of the 20th Century and the beginning of the Current one, which can teach us much about the communication of, in and from the Church. It has been a time rich in significant events and changes - the new millennium, the digital revolution, the economic and migratory crises, the global pandemic — which have produced major cultural transformations and veritable tsunamis in the world of communication. Communicating the faith and the Christian experience is the task of all the members of the Church. But it is also true that communication professionals and academics nave a special responsibility in this task. We hope that this book can contribute to the appreciation and promotion of the role of communication in the Catholic Church, by taking stock of the work done in these twenty-five years, reflecting on the lessons learned and showing the challenges that lie on the horizon.
Nel 50mo anniversario del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso viene presentato questo documento dal dicastero.
«Al ripetuto invito di Papa Francesco di fare del dialogo il metodo per favorire le relazioni umane, la Pontificia Università Lateranense ha risposto tracciando un itinerario per collocare il dialogo in un settore strategico: l'educazione, declinata come cammino pedagogico per costruire la pace e garantire i diritti umani. Un passo concreto in questa direzione è stata la giornata raccontata in queste pagine e che si è svolta in tre momenti diversi, ma uniti dal medesimo fil rouge dell'educazione: la giornata di studio dedicata a Educazione, Diritti Umani e Pace; la firma della "Convenzione" tra la University for Peace dell'ONU e la nostra Università, alfine di creare sinergie al servizio della conoscenza tra diverse culture e del dialogo; l'apertura della mostra Calligraphy for Dialogue, inaugurata da Papa Francesco e organizzata insieme alle Missioni Diplomatiche del Regno dell'Arabia Saudita in Roma e a Ginevra, all'UNESCO e alla Caritas in Veritate Foundation (Ginevra) e dedicata alla memoria di un uomo del dialogo, il Cardinale Jean-Louis Tauran.» (Prof. Vincenzo Buonomo Rettore Magnifico della Pontificia Università Lateranense)
The question about religion is one that stubbornly refuses to go away. Rather than getting rid of religion, the secularization of societies has brought in its wake a heightened sense of the plurality of its expressions.
In this book, Benedict Kanakappally offers a thoroughgoing analysis of the thought of Karl Jaspers, whose contribution to a general clarification of the contemporary religious problematics has often gone unnoticed. A phenomenological review of man's belief in the reality of transcendence in its essentially constitutive aspects would show why religious plurality represents a legitimate state of affairs in the world. Apart from clarifying the grounds for religious plurality, this book is an attempt to unearth some of the interfaith dialogical motifs which belatedly came to dominate Jaspers' thinking.
Under the somewhat curious notion of his `philosophical faith' what Jaspers ultimately understands is a philosophical framework capable of serving as platform for a communicative encounter between different faiths. The book should appeal to those who are interested in the religious thought of Jaspers as well as to those who are interested in the broader issue of interreligious dialogue.