L’intolleranza nella Chiesa

Intolerance and religious fundamentalism have strongly conditioned the transposition of Vatican Council II and have reached a special virulence with the pontificate of Pope Francis. Secularization and pluralism have marked the current religious situation and this challenge influences Christian identity and coexistence within the Church

The book traces the history of pluralism in ecclesial life, focusing on the importance that intolerance and fundamentalist mentality played in this area. Studying and reflecting on fundamentalism helps to better understand the phases that preceded and followed the Council, also illuminating the current situation. What fundamentalists define as modernity is intolerable and non-negotiable for them. In their eyes all current theology and pastoral attempts are only sin and decay. For them, the history of the councils ended with Vatican I, while Vatican II would have been simply a mistake.

The volume analyzes the current situation and compares it with what was experienced and thought forty and sixty years ago. Has the conciliar acceptance progressed or, in some way, frozen what has been and represented the Council? In the meantime, we must avoid the temptation of a Church “stolen” from itself. Its identity is not identified with an abstract compactness but in recognizing the richness of the pluralism of cultures and the movements of the Spirit. There is no Church without communion, but there is no communion without Spirit.