Fifth Episcopal Conference of Latin America

The Fifth Episcopal Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean, or "Conference of Aparecida", was an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Latin America. It took place in 2007 in Aparecida, Brazil. The later Pope Francis took a prominent role.

Proceedings

The Conference was convened by Pope John Paul II and specified by Pope Benedict XVI. It was organized by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), under the guidance of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The regulation of the Fifth Conference was approved on April 8, 2006. The conference used a tool wiki for the preparation of texts for discussion.

The Conference was opened by Benedict XVI in Aparecida on May 13 and ended on May 31, 2007. The theme of the Fifth Conference was: "Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ so that our peoples may have life in Him," inspired by a passage from the Gospel of John, who narrates "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life" (Jn 14, 6).

At the Aparecida Conference, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio – later Pope Francis – was elected by his brother bishops to chair the important committee charged with drafting the final document.[1]

Previous conferences

The preceding conferences of CELAM were:

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 25 to August 4, 1955)
  • Medellin, Colombia (August 28 to September 6, 1968)
  • Puebla, Mexico (January 27 to February 13, 1979)
  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (October 12 to October 28, 1992), coinciding with the latter holding the five hundred year presence of the gospel in the Americas.

See also

References
  1. Cavassa, SJ, Ernesto (2013-10-30). "On the Trail of Aparecida: Jorge Bergoglio and the Latin American ecclesial tradition". America Magazine. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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