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30546 CH24 Evangelium.Pdf Índice o cuaderno humanitas n 24 Prólogo el evangelio de la vida: la buena noticia 3 ignacio sánchez díaz, rector Pontificia universidad católica de chile Estudios a 15 años de la encÍclica EvangElium vitaE de Juan Pablo II 6 mons. Fernando chomali el bien y la inviolabilidad de la vida en la encÍclica EvangElium vitaE 19 card. angelo scola reconocer la vida la cuestión ePistemológica: evangelio, ciencia y crÍtica 27 livio melina la EvangElium vitaE, inocencia y derecho 51 Francesco d’agostino el sentido social en la encÍclica EvangElium vitaE 60 Juan de dios vial correa la Familia en el tercer milenio 78 angelo serra s.J. las ondas de choque de la encÍclica EvangElium vitaE 92 mons. Jean-louis bruguès o.P. APéndicE la vocación humana está en Peligro 104 Jaime antúnez entrevista al dr. Juan de dios vial correa el aborto “teraPéutico” a la luz de la encÍclica EvangElium vitaE. 112 Josef seifert HUMANITAS quince años sirviendo al encuentro de la fe y la cultura HUMANITAS (ISSN 07172168) recoge los trabajos de sus colaboradores regulares, nacionales y extranjeros. Asimismo, de otros autores cuya temática resulta afín con los objetivos de esta publicación. Toda reproducción total o parcial de los artículos publicados por HUMANITAS requiere de la correspondiente autorización, a excepción de comentarios o citas que se hagan de los mismos. Suscripciones y correspondencia: HUMANITAS, Centro de Extensión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 390, 3er piso, Santiago, Chile. Teléfono (562) 354 6519, Fax (562) 354 3755, E-mail: [email protected] Suscripción anual, $26.000; estudiantes, $16.000. Valor por ejemplar, $7.000. Prólogo El EvAngElio dE lA vidA: lA buEnA noticiA la carta encíclica del sumo Pontífice Juan Pabloii sobre el valor y el carácter inviolable de la vida humana es un documento cuya validez no se limita al momento en que fue publicado, hace 15 años, sino que se ha constituido en una profunda orientación de carácter permanente sobre el tema. nos recuerda la buena noticia de la vida que nos trajo Jesús: “yo he venido para que tengan vida y la tengan en abundancia”. su santidad el Papa Juan Pablo ii nos anuncia que “el evangelio de la vida está en el centro del mensaje de Jesús. acogido con amor cada día por la iglesia es anunciado con intrépida fidelidad como buena noticia de todas las épocas y culturas”. Por eso, el cuaderno humanitas n° 24 –Ocho reflexiones sobre la Evangelium vitae– que ahora se publica es muy pertinente: viene a fijar nuevamente la mirada en un tema de interés duradero en el tiempo, cual es el respeto y cuidado de la vida que nos ha regalado el señor. con este fin el presente cuaderno humanitas reúne a un grupo de personalidades de iglesia y del mundo académico que reflexionan sobre el significado del evangelio de la vida. ya desde su primer número, Humanitas ha incluido este tema en sus páginas, res- pondiendo a su misión de promover el encuentro entre la fe y la cultura. así, en el número correspondiente a enero-marzo de 1996 (n°1), esta publicación presentó un completo análisis de la encíclica firmado por monseñor carlo caffarra bajo el título “reflexiones en torno a la Evangelium vitae”, en cuya introducción se puede leer: “monseñor carlo caffarra, arzobispo de Ferrara [hoy cardenal arzobispo de bolonia], ex presidente del Pontificio instituto Juan Pablo II para estudios sobre el matrimonio y la Familia analiza en estas páginas el cuadro antropológico y cultural constituido por el primer capítulo de la encíclica Evangelium vitae, como escenario de la lucha entre la trinidad divina y la trinidad satánica –que busca imponer la cultura de la muerte–. cuando el ‘delito’ es llamado ‘derecho’ ya no nos enfrentamos a un simple ‘colapso moral’, sino a un ‘colapso mental’: la censura de la cuestión religiosa impuesta por el ambiente cultural contemporáneo ha desconectado la libertad de la verdad y ha llevado a la deformación de la subjetividad. es una situación ante la cual los cristianos no pueden declararse neutrales”. independiente de los 15 años que han transcurrido desde la publicación de esta en- H5 cíclica, el tema de la vida es propio y natural de todo ser humano. y aquellos que dirigimos la mirada a cristo sabemos que es él quien ha traído la vida al mundo. nos lo recuerda monseñor Jean-louis bruguès al término de la reflexión que desarrolla en este cuaderno humanitas n° 24: “¿Juan Pablo ii no trataba acaso de poner la razón y a aquellos que se consagran a su búsqueda, al servicio de la cultura de la vida?”. y lo dice frente al florecimiento de la cultura de la muerte que impera en ciertos sectores de la sociedad actual: “dicha cultura –sostiene monseñor bruguès– fomenta el aborto, el suicidio y la eutanasia”. Por su parte, monseñor livio melina, actual presidente del Pontificio instituto Juan Pablo ii para estudios sobre el matrimonio y la Familia, nos plantea en su artículo “riconoscere la vita. la questione epistemologica: vangelo, scienza ed etica” que “la cuestión de la vida es el corazón de la bioética”. nos dice que Evangelium vitae nos ha invitado a elaborar una nueva y auténtica cultura de la vida. de gran interés resulta también, en este cuaderno humanitas n° 24, el análisis del cardenal angelo scola, Patriarca de venecia y rector emérito de la universidad la- teranense, titulado “el bien y la inviolabilidad de la vida en la encíclica Evangelium vitae”. Frente a la pregunta ¿por qué la vida tiene valor y es inviolable?, su respuesta se resume en una breve frase: “la vida del hombre tiene valor, si tiene valor el hombre”. monseñor Fernando chomali, obispo auxiliar de santiago, nos recuerda en su artículo que “la preocupación de Juan Pablo ii por el tema de la vida está en el centro de su solicitud pastoral” y que esta carta en particular tiene varios propósitos: “denunciar los atentados en contra de la vida que constituyen una verdadera conjura en contra de ésta; anunciar el valor de la vida humana, promoverla y defenderla en los más amplios campos de la cultura (…) el Papa Juan Pablo ii la escribe arraigado en sólidos fundamentos, aportados por la ciencia, la filosofía y la teología, consciente de que las alas de la razón y la fe se alzan juntas a la hora de una búsqueda sincera de la verdad”. el rector emérito de la Pontificiau niversidad católica de chile y Presidente emérito de la Pontificia academia para la vida, doctor Juan de dios vial correa, orienta su reflexión a la doctrina social inscrita en la encíclica: e“ n orden a simplificar este análisis –nos advierte– cabe concentrarse en la cuestión del aborto, asunto muy ilustrativo por cuanto él no es hoy tanto un problema médico como ideológico y social”. el catedrático de la universidad de roma tor vergata y ex presidente del comité de bioética del estado italiano, Profesor Francesco d’agostino, analiza el tema de la inocencia y el derecho contenido en el trasfondo de la Evagelium vitae, mientras que angelo serra, Profesor emérito de genética humana de la Pontificiau niversidad del sacro cuore, concentra sus consideraciones en la familia en el marco del tercer milenio. el evangelio de la vida es, pues, la buena noticia que nos trae este cuaderno huma- nitas n° 24. la reflexión del Papa Juan Pablo ii nos ilumina cada vez que volvemos a poner nuestro corazón en sus santas palabras. su invitación queda claramente señalada H6 cuando nos dice al término de la encíclica Evangelium vitae: “y mientras, como pueblo peregrino, pueblo de la vida y para la vida, caminamos confiados hacia ‘un cielo nue- vo y una tierra nueva’, dirigimos la mirada a aquélla que para nosotros es ‘señal de esperanza cierta y de consuelo’… oh, maría, aurora del mundo nuevo, madre de los vivientes, a ti confiamos la causa de la vida”. Dr. IgnacIo Sánchez Díaz rector Pontificia Universidad católica de chile H7 a 15 años de la encíclica Evangelium vitae de Juan Pablo II FernanDo chomalI1 monseñor Fernando chomali es obispo auxiliar de santiago, profesor del centro de bioética de en la encíclica Evangelium vitae, Juan Pablo II manifiesta que estamos inmersos en medio de una lucha la Pontificia universidad católica dramática entre la cultura de la muerte y la cultura de la vida. es una lucha análoga a la vivida con de chile y miembro de la Pontificia motivo de la cruz de cristo, “una inmensa lucha entre las fuerzas del bien y las fuerzas del mal, entre academia Pro vita. la vida y la muerte” (EV, 50). a la vez, este panorama de luces y sombras en relación a la vida no se presenta a nuestros ojos en cuanto espectadores, sino en cuanto actores: “estamos ‘en medio’ de este monsignor Fernando Chomali, conflicto: todos nos vemos implicados y obligados a participar, con la responsabilidad ineludible de auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, professor elegir incondicionalmente en favor de la vida” (EV, 28). Juan Pablo II se mueve en un sano realismo; of the Bioethics Centre of the Pontifical por un lado no hay espacio para pesimismo alguno, ya que la oscuridad no eclipsa el resplandor de la Catholic university of Chile and member cruz, sino que por el contrario lo resalta aún más. Por otro lado tampoco hay espacio para un optimismo of the Pontifical Pro vita academy. ingenuo que nos llevara a bajar los brazos a la hora de defender y promover la vida. John Paul II in the evangelium vitae encyclical manifests that we are immersed in a dramatic battle between the culture of death and the culture of life.
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