The Globalisation of Migration and the Prophetism of Pope Francis

Aktualni svjetski fenomen migracija početkom trećega tisućljeća poprima takve razmjere da je opravdano govoriti o globalizaciji migracije. Izbjeglice i migranti za mnoge su lokalne političke zajednice, društva i kulture izazov s kojim se ne mogu i ne znaju uvijek suočiti na pravi način. Znatno bolja situacija nije niti s kršćanskim i drugim religijskim zajednicama u odnosu prema ovoj problematici, a konkretna rješenja još uvijek niti u dovoljnoj mjeri niti na adekvatan način nije u stanju ponuditi međunarodna politička zajednica. O suvremenim migracijama stoga se uglavnom govori kao o migrantskoj krizi današnjice. Papa Franjo, koji je od početka svojega pontifikata duboko ganut tragedijom izbjeglica i migranata naočigled ravnodušnosti pojedinaca i zajednica, glasno podiže svoj proročki glas, koji prate znakovite geste i konkretni prijedlozi sustavnoga i programskoga prevladavanja ove krizne situacije svijeta, čije uzroke razotkriva u dubokoj antropološkoj krizi čovječanstva. Njegovo proročko tumačenje suvremenih migracija kroz koncilsku kategoriju znakova vremena prvenstveno smjera promjeni mentaliteta ljudi i zamjeni paradigme dekadentnoga humanizma paradigmom cjelovitoga i kršćanski kompatibilnoga solidarnog humanizma budućnosti. Uočavajući pozitivne aspekte globalizacije migracije, potiče sve ljude na prihvaćanje i aktivno sudjelovanje u povijesnoj prilici globaliziranja bratstva, solidarnosti i ljubavi. To su općeniti okviri teološko-pastoralnih razrada pojedinačnih tema kroz koje se u ovome radu iščitavaju profetička obilježja pontifikata pape Franje u odnosu na fenomen suvremenih migracija.The current global phenomenon of migration at the beginning of the third millennium is gaining such a momentum that it would be justifiable to talk about the globalisation of migration. For many local political communities, societies, and cultures refugees and migrants are a challenge that they often cannot or do not know how to deal with in a proper way. Christian and other religious communities are also not doing much better when it comes to this issue, while the international political community has not offered so far concrete solutions that would address the issue adequately and integrally. Therefore, contemporary migrations are usually addressed as the current migration crisis. From the beginning of his pontificate Pope Francis has been deeply moved by the tragedy that besets refugees and migrants and that is seemingly ignored by individuals and communities. He has raised his prophetic voice and followed it by significant gestures and concrete proposals on how to overcome this crisis situation, whose causes he detected in the deep anthropological crisis, systematically and programmatically. His prophetic interpretation of contemporary migrations through the conciliar category of signs of the times aims at a transformation of the mentality of people and a replacement of the paradigm of decadent humanism with the paradigm of integral and solidary humanism of the future, compatible with Christianity. While noticing positive aspects of the globalisation of migration, Pope Francis has encouraged everyone to accept and actively participate in this historical chance of globalisation of brotherhood, solidarity, and love. The aforementioned is the general framework of theological-pastoral analyses of individual topics through which this contribution is detecting prophetic characteristics of the pontificate of Pope Francis in relation to the phenomenon of contemporary migrations