'We need a way of thinking which can convincingly present a God who loves, who forgives, who saves, who liberates,' Pope Francis told Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
In what Vatican watchers described as an “earthquake” in church bureaucracy, Pope Francis appointed one of his closest associates in his native Argentina,, as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith .
Here is the full text of the Pope’s letter to the Vatican’s new doctrinal chief, as posted on the Vatican website.Dear Brother, You have served as dean of the Faculty of Theology of Buenos Aires, president of the Argentinean Society of Theology and president of the Faith and Culture Commission of the Argentinean Episcopate, in all cases voted by your peers, who have thus valued your theological charisma. As rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina you encouraged a healthy integration of knowledge.
It is good that your task expresses that the Church “encourages the charism of theologians and their scholarly efforts” as long as they are not “content with a desk-bound theology,”It will always be true that reality is superior to the idea. In this sense, we need theology to be attentive to a fundamental criterion: to consider that “all theological notions that ultimately call into question the very omnipotence of God, and his mercy in particular, are inadequate.
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