Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 89 No. 3, 2019.
Preliminary communication
The Prophetic Dimension of The Pope Francis – Ad Intra
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Catholic Faculty of Theology University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
Apart from the introduction and conclusion, the article is divided into two parts. The first part is titled »The Reform of the Roman Curia«. In this part, the author discusses speeches of Pope Francis directed to the Roman Curia and aims at answering the question what has been done until now about the reform of the Roman Curia by offering a panoramic view of all Pope´s moves related to that. All moves are enumerated in detail and described shortly in order to include all reform moves. The second part of the article is titled »The Reform of the Church according to Evangelii Gaudium – the Joy of the Gospel«. In that part the author discusses the reform of the Church as set in the document Evangelii gaudium – the Joy of the Gospel of Pope Francis, under the following headings: the Church should not be an outdated structure; the Church should not be the one that constantly criticises; the Church structures can disturb the Gospel enthusiasm; Pope and synodality of the Church. At the very end, the author emphasises that Pope Francis is an advocate and promotor of reform in the Church on all its levels.
Keywords
Pope Francis; reform of the Church, College of Cardinals; Evangelii gaudium.
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Publication date:
3.12.2019.
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