Tiempos recios, tiempos de gracia: la Iglesia ante la pandemia

espanolEl presente articulo expone los desafios que plantea a la Iglesia la pandemia que esta asolando a la humanidad. El foco se pone en las acciones y actitudes pastorales necesarias para aquellos que desempenan el ministerio sacerdotal, en ambitos como el acompanamiento del duelo de quienes que han perdido seres queridos, los procesos de reforma de vida ante el impacto de la enfermedad y la alteracion de la vida que produce, las necesidades sociocaritativas, celebrativas, educativas o de defensa de la vida, asi como los cultivos espirituales para responder evangelicamente a la situacion que atravesamos. La experiencia humana de la que se parte es, pues, el fenomeno totalizante de la COVID -19 y el marco doctrinal lo da el magisterio del papa Francisco, sobre todo su ultima enciclica Fratelli tutti. Sobre la fraternidad y la amistad social (2020), publicada varios meses tras el estallido de la pandemia, y tambien Evangelii gaudium (2013). El magisterio del Cardenal Arzobispo de Madrid tambien tendra su lugar significativo. EnglishThis article presents the challenges that the current pandemic, which is ravaging Humankind, poses to the Church. The focus is on the pastoral actions and attitudes necessary for those who carry out the priestly ministry, in areas such as accompaniment of the mourning of those who have lost loved ones, the processes of renewal and reform of life in the face of the impact of the disease, and the alteration of life that it produces, the socio-charitable, celebrative, educational, familiar, and defense needs of life, as well as the spiritual cultivation and foundations to respond evangelically to the harsh situation that we are enduring. The human experience from which it emanates stems from the all-encompassing phenomenon of COVID-19, and the Doctrinal framework is found in the Magisterium of Pope Francis, especially his latest Encyclical Fratelli tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship (2020), published several months after the outbreak of the pandemic, and also in Evangelii gaudium (2013). The Magisterium of the Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid will also have a significant place.