Pandemic and Freedom of Religion

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A collection of 13 articles from the June 2020 edition of La Civiltà Cattolica, the highly respected and oldest Catholic journal published from Rome.

Author: La Civiltà Cattolica

The prohibition of religious celebrations during a pandemic is not a form of religious discrimination. Antonio Spadaro, SJ says it is important to ensure that worship and pastoral action continue in some way during lockdown while restrictions primarily serve the moral imperative, freedom to protect human lives.

In Popular Theology and Communication, Paul A. Soukup, SJ talks about faith formation that comes through popular theology. He says the use of popular theology in faith formation can connect formal and informal faith formation.

You Guo Jiang, SJ introduces China’s Great Catholic Educator Ma Xiangbo. Ma’s educational theory and practice inspire contemporary Chinese higher education to educate people in creativity, critical thinking, ethical reasoning and a sense of social responsibility.

How much of the world economy will survive the forced shutdown due to the spread of the pandemic? Fernando de la Iglesia Viguiristi, SJ explains how it depends on the availability of credit as economic activity functions on the basis of credit, stressing the need to control the dynamics of globalization.

The article Is the Virus a Punishment from God? discusses how people misinterpret Biblical verses and manipulate their communities by proclaiming that the pandemic is God’s punishment on a sinful world. In reality, followers of Jesus are called to share the certainty that there is light.

Julio L. Martínez, SJ urges us to rethink the meaning of technology, work, communication, economics and politics according to the new parameters of the world in Revisiting the Common Good in the Digital Age.

Andreas Lind, SJ examines the meaning and application of fundamental option for the logos, eternal unchanging truth, which create a communion between Christianity and other traditions. He argues that this will help to understand the words and gestures of the present pontiff.

The unity between Mary and the Church is a unity that enriches each other. Fr Diego Fares, SJ discusses Popular Marian Piety in the life of the Church, especially in Latin America, and its influence on Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Jesuits 2008-2016, penned a letter to the Society about their life in the Church. It was never shared except with a few friends, this issue includes his thoughts on contemporary “religious life.”

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