Social Challenges for Families in Teaching of the Latin American Bishops (CELAM)
Social Challenges for Families in Teaching of the Latin American Bishops (CELAM)

Summary/Abstract: According to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the task of the Catholic Church is to observe the processes taking place in people’s lives and to read God’s plans in them, and, through events in the world, appeal to believers to take ap¬propriate actions. The purpose of analyzing the final documents of the general confer¬ences of Latin American bishops (CELAM) meeting Medellín (1968), Puebla (1979), Santo Domingo (1992) and Aparecida (2007) is to present their specific, i.e. pastoral theological approach to the situation of families in South and Central American coun¬tries. Taking into account sociological data, the Latin American bishops indicate the opportunities and threats which the modern family has to face. They do not forget that Catholic families are called to actively participate in shaping social life and to serve for the formation of mature personal attitudes of their members.

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