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Item type:Publication, Religious sisters in Latin America. Identity, challenges, and perspectives(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021-12-01)The writing analyzes trends in the life and ministry of women in Latin America. It provides a quantitative sketch identifying religious sisters’ trends from 1970 to 2017 and compares them both with other regions and with Latin American priests. It exams three patterns, all of them concluding with declining numbers at the beginning of the 2000s.The analysis is grounded on a database that was built using the Statistical Yearbook of the Church. The article also examines the social space women religious have occupied in the Latin American countries over time; the construction of their social and ecclesial identity; and their relationship with Catholic consecrated men. Finally, it addresses their current challenges deepening in three issues that account for their crisis: first, the persistent clerical culture that permeates the Church’s dynamics; second, the disputes stirred up around decisions on their works and expressions of the past but not of their present; and third, the building of their present identity through the complex process of finding inspiration in the confrontation of their foundational sources with present pastoral theological approaches, as those framed within feminist theologies. Unearthing clues to better understanding the Latin American sisters’ crisis is a thread that runs throughout the analysis. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Synodality, democracy, and democratization(Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2024-07-01)This article aims to examine the conceptual relationship between synodality, constitutional democracy, and democratization processes within the Catholic Church. To this end, it begins by offering a preliminary definition of what both the synod and synodality mean, understood as a requirement that springs from the history of the Church and, especially, from the Second Vatican Council. It then presents the place of the Catholic Church within the constitutional democracy of law as part of transnational and global civil society. For conceptual accuracy, the Church will be understood as a community that embraces a “reasonable comprehensive doctrine” that is Christianity. In this regard, it will examine how the Church has been adjusting its doctrine in order to make it compatible with the demands of constitutional democracy by law. In addition, the Church will be understood as a “way of life,” understood in terms of “problem-solving instance” and as the area of personal relationships that aspire to “positive” or “balanced” reciprocity. Understanding the Church in terms of a “way of life” will allow us to examine the processes of democratization that take place and can be enhanced within the Church and how the synod and synodality contribute to this process. Thus, synodality is understood as a process in which relations of domination are weakened, and space is opened to respect for the dignity of people. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The Catholic Church in fragile democracies: An influencer, a moral guide, or a judge? A case study from the Peruvian Catholic Church(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-03-01)This paper navigates the complex roles that the Catholic Church assumes in fragile democracies, exploring whether it functions as an influencer, a moral guide, or a judge in shaping public policies and societal values using the Peruvian context as a focal reference. The authors begin by providing an overview of the global religious landscape, highlighting the diverse and polarized trends within the ecclesial institution. In the second part of this paper, this study delves into the homilies of two influential Peruvian prelates, Mgr. Cipriani and Mgr. Castillo, representing opposing theological currents within the Catholic Church, offering a pertinent exploration of how religious institutions engage with evolving international and local trends in the context of democracy. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Messianic Fraternity: Anticommunism in the General Conferences of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopate(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025-01-01)This paper analyzes the development and consolidation of anticommunist discourse in the General Conferences of the Latin American Episcopate (CELAM), from Rio de Janeiro to Aparecida. It adopts a critical perspective to examine the construction of the “messianic fraternity” myth—an ideological narrative contrasting Christian ideals of community and redemption with Marxist principles of class struggle and revolution, which served as a central axis for the Church's rejection of communism in Latin America. Grounded in a critical analysis of the CELAM's final documents, this study identifies the theological, political, and social underpinnings of this stance, situating it within the historical and geopolitical dynamics that positioned the Church as a key counterforce to Marxism in the region. It also examines how anticommunist positions shaped pastoral strategies, particularly in relation to social movements like liberation theology, and reinforced an episcopal identity centered on defending Christian values against a perceived global ideological threat. This analysis highlights the Church's internal tensions and contradictions and the broader impact of its anticommunist stance on Latin America's sociopolitical and religious dynamics in the twentieth century.1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, "Laudate Deum": un recordatorio a la sostenibilidad solidaria del planeta(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2026-06-15)Laudate Deum highlights the relevance of Laudato si’ and the urgency of moving forward more quickly and effectively to avoid reaching tipping points and points of no return that will endanger the planet's stability, affecting the most vulnerable people even more. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Discours des religieux sur la pandémie au Pérou (2020–2021) : se conformer aux directives de l'État ou les rejeter ? Faire confiance à Dieu et/ou à la science ?(SAGE Publishing, 2025-06-01)This article analyzes the official position of Peruvian religious institutions, particularly Pentecostal ones, in response to the health emergency of COVID-19 (2020–2021), in the context characterized by precarity and multiple deficiencies. Using netnography and an ethnographic case study method, we examine the reactions of various churches. While a significant sector of the religious field, generally the most institutionalized, remained officially confident in the scientific approach assumed by the government to confront the pandemic, others, inspired by transnational connections related to North American conservative currents and promoting conspiracy theories and eschatological views, have introduced more ambiguous, even dissenting, discourses. Our analysis shows that diversity exists in the most structured institutions such as the Catholic Church and some dogmatic independent churches. Many members maintain their independence and do not follow the leaders' instructions.1