Vatican City, 22 May 2015 (VIS) – The
Silos School of Thought, Spain, will dedicate its next two
international meetings to the study and dissemination of the thought
and action of Pope Francis. It is the ninth encounter of the School
which, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Spain, and under the
auspices of the Benedictine Abbey of Silos, gathered together figures
from the worlds of science and culture in an atmosphere of respectful
pluralism and convergence in relation to universal values.
In a letter to the Steering Committee
of the School, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the
Pontifical Council for Culture, writes: “In the two years of his
papacy Pope Francis has transformed into a media phenomenon. … And,
however, … beyond these direct, concise, effective, high-impact
phrases we have grown accustomed to, we discover vigorous and
spiritual theological thought. He expresses this theology, with its
Latin American accent and flavour, imbued with wisdom born of
closeness to the people … with his own methods of communication.
His reflection is part of the faith of the people, and this gives
special strength and nuance to his thought. If John Paul II was the
pope of Man, the path of the Church, and Benedict XVI of the word and
the primacy of the search for God, Francis is the pope of the People
of God, recipient and bearer of revelation, called to go forth in
towards an encounter with others, with a message of mercy”.
The Ninth Meeting of the School,
entitled “Thought and Action of Pope Francis: a voice for all”,
will be divided into two phases. The first, on 6 June, in the Abbey
of Silos, will be based on the paper “Pope Francis: words and
gestures”, by Professor Angel Cordovilla Perez, director of the
Department of Dogmatic and Fundamental Theology at the Pontifical
University of Comillas, Madrid, Spain. The session will be chaired by
Professor Manuel Balado Ruiz-Gallegos, director of the Silos School
of Thought.
The second Meeting will be held during
the first trimester of 2016 and will study the conclusions of the
Synod on the family.