PUEBLA: FROM THE OPTION FOR THE POOR TO A CHURCH ON THE WAY OUT

Abstract

This article is about the main topics emphasized in the Concluding Document of the III Latin American Conference, held in Puebla de los Angeles,  Mexico, from  January 27  to March 13, February    1979. It discusses ecclesial experience, the options of Puebla, the directions of evangelization in the Latin American continent, whose main focus is the liberation and promotion of the dignity of the poor. It shows through the analysis of the Puebla document, the continuity of the use of the theological-pastoral method of  seeing, judging and acting,  in the reading of the socio-economic, political and cultural reality, the reading keys for the intepretation of the document: Evangelization in the present and in the future, communion and participation, the pastoral lines and orientations for the inclusion of the different faces of the poor. The article portrays the importance of vocation, Charmas and the work of the laity in the church and in the world. The memory of the 40 years of Puebla, in particular the cry of the poor, refers to Pope Francis ' apostolic exhortation  evangelii  gaudium, with emphasis on the church on the way out,  focused on the Strengthening the liberating cause of the poor, solidarity with the human being, recognition of human dignity and human and civil rights. It emphasizes that the evangelization of culture, of the missionary Church under the dynamism of the spirit is the point of connection with the "Church in exit" proposed by Pope Francis. The church "in Exit" is the community of missionary disciples who "Primal", who engage, who accompany, who bear fruit and celebrate.