Tag: Lucio Gera
Lucio Gera, theologian of the people – and Pope Francis
This month we celebrate the centenary of the birth on 16 January 1924 of Argentinian theologian, Lucio Gera, a chaplain/theologian of the JOC, who later became a major source of inspiration for Pope Francis when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Jocist people anniversaries 2024
Happy New Year 2024! Here is a list of people anniversaries to celebrate and commemorate over the course of the coming year.
Pepe & Amalia Palacio and Enrique Angelelli: Synodality in action
Today, 11 December 2021, marks the 46th anniversary of the abduction by security forces of José Serapio “Pepe” Palacio, an Argentinian JOC leader, later a trade unionist and leader of the Workers Catholic Action and finally the first lay collaborator of the IYCW.
Francis, Lucio Gera, Walter Kasper… and Cardijn
German Cardinal Walter Kasper offers some interesting insights on the sources of Pope Francis’ thought, particularly regarding the Argentine theologian and jocist chaplain, Lucio Gera.
The jocist origins of Argentina’s theology of the people
More background on the Argentinian “theology of the people” made famous by Pope Francis in an excellent new book, Le pape du peuple, which is a series of interviews with theologian Juan Carlos Scannone.
Sources of Pope Francis’ praxis
Pope Francis’ thought “is profoundly marked by the ‘theology of the People’, an Argentinian version of the theology of liberation,” writes Belgian Benedictine, Dom Armand Veilleux, “of which three representatives were Juan Carlos Scannone, Lucio Gera and Rafael Tello.”
