Crisis as an Opportunity for the Transformation of the Church. New Pastoral Approaches in the Service of Individual and Community Resilience

Kriza i otpornost su dvije, naizgled, teže pomirljive stvarnosti koje se u različitim društveno-kultnurnim kontekstima često razlučuje na dvojake načine. No, te su stvarnosti za svaku ljudsku zajednicu s jedne strane neizbježne, a s druge strane, do neke mjere i neodvojive. Kriza, kao istinski neizbježna stvarnost, može i treba poslužiti i kao izvorište izgradnje novih oblika otpornosti pojedinaca i zajednica. Crkva se, kao sasvim specifična forma interpersonalne organizacije, u suvremenom kontekstu treba više pozabaviti takvim načinom odnosa prema kriznim situacijama. Kako bi to bilo moguće, nužno je u konkretnom pastoralnom djelovanju uobličavati pristupe prožete dinamizmima odgovarajuće otpornosti u kriznim prilikama. Ovaj je rad posvećen teološko- pastoralnom razlučivanju elemenata pastoralnih pristupa koji služe tomu cilju kao i prezentiranju naznačenih elemenata u nekim novijim pristupima. Pristupi kriznim situacijama koji su ovdje posebno obrađeni su: pristup u apostolskoj pobudnici pape Franje Amoris laetitia, zatim onaj Katekumenatskih itinerara za bračni život te pristup udruge Rondine Cittadella della Pace.Crisis and resilience are two seemingly difficult realities to reconcile, which are often distinguished in different ways in some socio-cultural contexts. However, while these realities are inevitable for every human community, they are also to some extent, inseparable. The crisis, as a truly inevitable reality, can and should serve as a source of building new forms of resilience of individuals and communities. The Church, as a very specific form of interpersonal organization, in the contemporary context, needs to deal more with this way of relating to crisis situations. In order for this to be possible, it is necessary to formulate approaches imbued with the dynamism of appropriate resilience in crisis situations in concrete pastoral action. This article is dedicated to the theological-pastoral discernment of the elements of pastoral approaches that serve this goal, and presents the indicated elements in some newer approaches. The article specifically addresses the following approaches to crisis situations: the approach in the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis Amoris laetitia, the Catechumenal pathways for married life, and the approach of the association Rondine Cittadella della Pace