Big small details of the II General Conference of the Episcopate in Medellín

Abstract

The Medellin event was a turning point in the life of the Latin American churches. Some bishops, with solid theological and pastoral formation, took on a new way of living the Christian Faith by overcoming the European colonialism and creating an unprecedented Afro-Indian-mestizo face in the lands of the subcontinent. This article scope is to present some small details of this change with the names, functions and manner in which this prophetic birth was made. We will present the numerical data, the central characters in the preparation of a document that is now 50 years old. At the end, a synoptic frame of the episcopal presence in the Council and in the Second General Conference give us clues to the roots of a mature Church, committed to the cause of the continent.