Fundamentos teológicos del Papa Francisco en la exhortación apostólica Evangelii Gaudium y la Carta Encíclica Laudato sí.

Abstract

The present work is an approach to the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium and the Encyclical Letter Laudato Sí, written by the Supreme Pope Francis. These documents promote critical reflection on current issues that are lived, at not only the ecclesial level, but also their influence in social, political, ecological, economic and cultural levels of all humanity. It is also an invitation for readers to recognize their important role in the Gospel experience and building a fair and caring society. With these ecclesial documents, it has intended to analyze the theological foundations that vivify the Church's work and its responsibility in the care of others and God’s creation. Initially, there will be a tour through the life of Pope Francis and his ecclesial career. Subsequently, there will be referred categories such as mercy, the option for the poorest, practical and moral relativism and the meaning of papal documents as contributions to this research. Finally, the Gospel, the Church on the way out and the poverty taken as theological foundations, since they are transversal in the documents worked on.