"Conversion is essential, as the pope indicates, but it
cannot be spiritual conversion alone. Rather, conversion must take place on
every level of ecclesial life – spiritual, theological, structural,
organizational, interreligious – until the world begins to feel the spiritual
impulse of love at the heart of all life.
Laudato Si’ opens the doors to a new world by challenging a selfish world of disconnectedness and calling all people to a new world of interrelatedness. But the Church must model the very principles it promotes: mutual relatedness, inclusivity, interdependence, dignity of all peoples, shared resources and responsibilities, all creatures united together as brothers and sisters, woven together in the love of God. Teilhard de Chardin had a vision for the Church in an unfinished universe and I encourage Pope Francis to look to Teilhard’s evolutionary vision for the 21st century, to make Teilhard de Chardin a Doctor of the Church and to bring the good work he has begun to the next level of evolution."[Ilia Delio, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Washington, D.C., will be the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University starting in August, 2015. She is the author of 16 books and the general editor of the series Catholicity in an Evolving Universe. Her new book Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness will be published by Orbis Books in fall 2015.]
Laudato Si’ opens the doors to a new world by challenging a selfish world of disconnectedness and calling all people to a new world of interrelatedness. But the Church must model the very principles it promotes: mutual relatedness, inclusivity, interdependence, dignity of all peoples, shared resources and responsibilities, all creatures united together as brothers and sisters, woven together in the love of God. Teilhard de Chardin had a vision for the Church in an unfinished universe and I encourage Pope Francis to look to Teilhard’s evolutionary vision for the 21st century, to make Teilhard de Chardin a Doctor of the Church and to bring the good work he has begun to the next level of evolution."[Ilia Delio, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Washington, D.C., will be the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University starting in August, 2015. She is the author of 16 books and the general editor of the series Catholicity in an Evolving Universe. Her new book Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness will be published by Orbis Books in fall 2015.]
Bridget Mary's Response:
Pope Francis calls for
conversion and interrelatedness, but until the Roman Catholic hierarchy
models inclusivity and treats women as equals, the church will not
reflect the fullness of God's love in creation. The question is will Francis
challenge the elephant in his own living room? Our international women
priests movement is leading the way. We are offering a healing balm to
the wound of sexism in the Roman Catholic Church by living Gospel equality now
in inclusive communities of equals. Amen , Sister Ilia Delio, Pope Francis must practice what he preaches and reform the institutional church. "But the Church must model the very
principles it promotes: mutual relatedness, inclusivity, interdependence,
dignity of all peoples, shared resources and responsibilities, all creatures
united together as brothers and sisters, woven together in the love of
God. "
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