Studia Pastoralne
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AVVIO DI UNA RIFLESSIONE SUL MOTU PROPRIO "SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM" DI BENEDETTO XVI

DIE BOTSCHAFT PAPST BENEDIKTS XVI ZUM XXIII WELTJUGENDTAG IN SYDNEY (2008) - EIN AKTUELLER HINWEIS FÜR EINE KATECHESE DIE ZUR MISSION HINFÜHRT

The Social Justice in the Light of the “Deus Caritas est” of the Benedicts XVI
Summary
The article presents an historical section of the rising and application the idea of the social justice in the social education, beginning from ideas of ancient philosophers leading to presence in nowadays teaching of Catholic church. The considerations was based on the encyclical Deus caritas est of the pope Benedict XVI being a fundamental source showing the justice as a virtue which fool of its progress is achieved in love.

IDEM VELLE ATQUE IDEM NOLLE. AMOR AMICITIAE IN HE BEGINNING OF THE PAPAL TEACHING OF BENEDICT XVI
Summary
The present article is concerned with a multi-dimensional analysis of the problems of friendship, which was conducted by Pope Benedict XVI at the initial stage of his papal teaching. Pope Ratzinger made numerous references to the ancient writer Sallust’s famous adage „Idem velle atque idem nolle”. The Pope bases his vision of amor amicitiae on the foundation of God (Christ), which leads to friendship with everyone loved by God. The paragon of friendship is the Good Samaritan from the Gospel.

THEOLOGIA BENEDICTA VERSUS NAZISM AND COMMUNISM. PASTORAL-, HISTORIC- AND POLITICAL ASPECT
Summary
The way J. Ratzinger/Benedict XVI addresses the issues of communism and Nazism in his works leads to the very essence of the problem, which is shown as a bigger one and – unfortunately – more long-lasting than the 20th century faces of these two ideologies. He emphasises the fundamental, crucial relationship between these concepts (simultaneously constituting political systems) and atheism, negation of God, both in the spheres of faith and ethos. Metaphysical aspirations of men, distorted by absence of God, are diabolically deformed and, finally – in their mutated version, deluding by national-, social- and economic Utopia – assume the forms of cruel, totalitarian systems of power and violence, directed against men. Within the closed circle of history and matter driven by the power of mind independent of the objective (God’s) truth, today it also proves impossible to make the world better with no conversion, i.e. without ensuring the right place for God in individual and public life, unless God is perceived as the Lord of the whole history who can give future and hope to men.