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|signature = FirmaPapaFrancisco.svg |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Franciscus.svg }} Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. In his over 40 years as a Catholic priest, he has drawn "high marks as an accomplished intellectual, having studied theology in Germany." He is seen as someone who personally straddles the divide between the liberals and conservatives in the Catholic Church.〔 Francis has supported the social justice ethos of Latin American Catholicism, including a robust defense of the poor.〔 At the same time, he has generally tended to accent growth in personal holiness over efforts for structural reform.〔 He is seen as "unwaveringly orthodox" on matters of sexual morality, staunchly opposing abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception.〔 This article covers the theology of Francis, and the effects it has on his approach to issues in the modern world. ==Role of the Church== In 2008, Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, delivered the following catechesis at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec: After his election to the Papacy, he noted that scripture "should be inserted within the current of the great tradition which, through the assistance of the Holy Spirit and the guidance of the Magisterium, recognized the canonical writings as the Word addressed by God to His people who have never ceased to meditate and discover its inexhaustible riches. The Second Vatican Council has reiterated this with great clarity in the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum: 'For all of what has been said about the way of interpreting Scripture is subject finally to the judgment of the Church, which carries out the divine commission and ministry of guarding and interpreting the word of God.'" Citing the Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution, ''Lumen gentium'', Pope Francis said: “The interpretation of the Holy Scriptures cannot be only an individual scientific effort, but must always confront itself with, be inserted within and authenticated by the living tradition of the Church…. The texts inspired by God were entrusted to the Community of believers…to nourish the faith …respect for this profound nature of Scripture conditions the very validity and effectiveness of biblical hermeneutics."〔 He said the Church must, therefore, not make any doctrinal compromises because “faith cannot be negotiated.” Pope Francis asks, when the going gets tough “are we courageous like Peter or a bit lukewarm?”〔 “Throughout history, the people of God have always been tempted to chop a piece off faith.”〔 More or less everyone is tempted “not to be too rigid."〔 “But when we start to cut down on faith, to negotiate faith, selling it to the highest bidder – he emphasised – we take the path of apostasy, we begin to lack faith, lack faith in the Lord.”〔 As an example of this "courageous testimony" of the faith, Francis lamented not only the material poverty of the early 21st century but also its "spiritual poverty," meaning a rejection of God and objective standards of morality. Francis referenced Pope Benedict XVI's famous critique of a post-modern "dictatorship of relativism":〔 John L. Allen noted in response that the speech "offered a clear reminder ... that (Francis ) may have a different style than Benedict XVI, but on substance, he's cut from much the same cloth.... References to universal human nature are often shorthand in Vatican discourse for defense of traditional teaching on matters such as sexuality, marriage and the family." The Aparecida Document, produced by an editorial committee chaired by Cardinal Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), reiterates this point: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theology of Pope Francis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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