The Non-Effect of Pope Francis behind the Scenes of "Mexico always Faithful"
This essay aims to explain why Pope Francis hasn’t had a strong impact in Mexico. Unlike John Paul II, who had a huge charismatic impact in Mexico and a political one in the church’s visibility in the political sphere, Pope Francis did not have the same effect after his pastoral visit in 2015. This...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Pages: 417-443 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religion B Religionspsycholigie B Asien-Studien B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | This essay aims to explain why Pope Francis hasn’t had a strong impact in Mexico. Unlike John Paul II, who had a huge charismatic impact in Mexico and a political one in the church’s visibility in the political sphere, Pope Francis did not have the same effect after his pastoral visit in 2015. This is explained because the country that he found was not similar to 20th-century Mexico. Instead, contemporary Mexico is the most Catholic country in Latin America, and does not represent the exclusive fidelity of Catholics to the church, much less the secular and anticlerical country that it represented in the 20th century. However, despite the fact that the pope visited Mexico in 2015 and that on his pastoral tour, he addressed several critical messages about the role that bishops should play, including the defense of human rights, his message has not had the desired effect for the pontiff because the clerical structure was designed by John Paul II and it does not respond to the new directions of Francis. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004416987_025 |