Estado Actual en la Atención Pastoral en Condición de Vulnerabilidad en Colombia

Abstract

Throughout history, the Colombian people have gone through various social and economic problems, climate crises, wars, and internal armed conflicts that have wounded a nation for more than 60 years, slowly but continuously bleeding its people, who intensely seek peace. The constant struggle of the church to accompany the poor, oppressed, immigrants, children, young people, adolescents, families, and the sick is fundamental. The three verbs become an insistent reality: see, judge, and act, seeking to transform the national reality, thus fulfilling the call of Pope Francis to play an important role within the peace process and unite the Catholic Church in times of division, guaranteeing the protection of human rights, and carrying out the mission of love and reconciliation. To achieve this, the Catholic Church, through social pastoral care, calls on every ruler, leader, businessman, and leader of society to have an unwavering commitment to contribute to their vocation of service and sow the seed of hope for the coming generations in the light of the Second Vatican Council in discerning the signs of the times and landing in Latin America under the Medellín document. "Political greatness is shown when, in difficult times, one acts on great principles and thinks about the common good in the long term." (Francis, 2020)