https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2021.4.01
The author analyzes selected biblical texts of the old and New testaments that constitute the theological basis for the Church‘s care for migrants. Then he presents the most important indications of the Church documents on this topic. especially the Holy see‘s Instruction Erga migrantes caritas Christi (2004) and The Acceptance of Christ in Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons (2013), as well as the latest statements by Pope Francis. In the teaching of the Church in the first place is the teaching on human dignity of each human person, unity of entire human family, imitating God’s love for each human person, and finally, Christian hospitality is the most important. Further, the most significant evangelical reason for welcoming strangers is recognizing Christ alone in them. These truths find the deepest justification in faith and are its practical verification. The author refers to characteristic contemporary situations of welcoming migrants interpreting them in the light of the theology. In conclusion. He formulates some pastoral recommendations for the Catholic Church.
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