Speaking at an audi-ence for participants in a two-day international conference held at the Pontifical Lateran Uni-versity on 9-10 Dec. on the future of theology, Pope Francis called for a dynamic inter-disci-plinary and inclusive theological approach that addresses the com-plexities of contempo-rary society while re-maining deeply rooted in faith.
“Simplification,” he warned “mutilates rea-lity; it gives rise to empty and unilateral thinking and it gene-rates polarization and fragmentation”, which is “precisely what ideo-logies do: they flatten reality to a single idea, which they then repeat obsessively and mani-pulate.” “Ideology is a simplification that kills reality, it kills thought, it kills community. They flatten everything to a single idea, which they then repeat obse-ssively and superfi-cially, like parrots.”
India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say
