Published: 2015-12-31

The Mission of Catholics in the Modern World According to Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate . An Analytical Study

Aleksander R. Bańka

Abstract

Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate is by many commentators of his pontificate marginalized and considered a weak point of the teaching of the Pope. It is accused of more pastoral than social nature, naivety, and even some daydreaming. Unfairly. Paradoxically, what is disclosed as its weakness, after careful reading may prove to be its strength. This article aims to show that Caritas in Veritate can be read according to three key concepts: understanding, loving, action. These
terms define some interdependent layers of the encyclical, and their skillful interpretation allows to extract from the text of the Pope an interesting vision of the mission of Catholics in the today’s world.

Keywords:

pope , encyclical , love , society , Church , world

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Bańka, A. R. (2015). The Mission of Catholics in the Modern World According to Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate . An Analytical Study. Silesian Historical and Theological Studies, 48(2), 330–342. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2015.48.2.05

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Vol. 48 No. 2 (2015)
Published: 2015-12-31


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Instytut Gość Media/Księgarnia św. Jacka

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