Christianity

Contemplating the numerous salvific fruits of the Year of Mercy throughout the world and listening attentively to the actual needs of the human family – beginning from the poorest of our brothers and sisters – as well as to the apostolic mission articulated by Praedicate evangelium , we promote, as propositive service to the Divine Mercy, as well as the human Mercy, throughout the whole Church, the establishment of an Institute on Mercy (Istituto della Misericordia), whose structure is an academic Center of reference for the mission of the Church, on the horizon of interreligious dialogue, in the field of sciences, theology and spirituality regarding Mercy. 

Its catholic and multireligious “Magna Carta” is based on documents of the Holy See: Dives in misericordia, Misericordiae vultus, Misericordia et misera, Abu Dhabi Declaration (2019), Pope Francis’ Letter to the University of Buenos Aires (2015), the Motu Proprio Ad theologiam promovendam (2023), and the official texts of the Year of Mercy, like Celebrating Mercy with believers of other Religions (Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, 2016); as well as Priest, you are mystery of Mercy.

The Institute on Mercy initially assumes the form of a Laboratory in various languages. It will take advantage of the great works of theology, spirituality and praxis of divine and human mercy found in the history of the Church; they have influenced and are capable of reinvigorating its mission, affecting the cultures of the world, inspiring human fraternity, interreligious dialogue, synodal way and sacramental life of the Church, answering the contemporary fears, divisions, and hopelessness with the lifegiving message of God’s merciful love, human trust and hope of glory.

In a special way it tries also to assist Christians in their formation, in a special link to Believers of other Religions. Likewise, it promotes intercultural and interreligious dialogue for an authentic fraternity, by its teaching on the healing effects of mercy on strained or broken human relations and on creation. 

In its work of recovering the great witnesses and models of Mercy that have the power to inspire the renewal of the Church, the Institute’s task consists also in promoting the knowledge of contemporary witnesses, blessed and saints  as well as their writings.

The mission consists also in renewing the image of God among our contemporaries. Humanity is longing for compassion and forgiveness. Often, they have a deformed image of God. They have a serious difficulty to articulate in a righteous way justice and mercy.

This process is leading to a deep reform of theology, following the indications of pope Francis’ motu proprio. It becomes a synodal and street theology of Mercy as paradigm.

Then they will be able to identify the various lacks of mercy in so many violent manifestations: rubricism, fondamentalisms.

We include also a formation to ministeriality and to methods of collaboration. As you have in the Church people who are deeply transformed by Mercy and transforming their communities on the long time, is it possible to think for the future a lay instituted ministry of mercy.

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