From America to the World and from the World to America: Concerns about the mission ad gentes

Inquietudes em torno da missão ad gentes

Abstract

This reflection originates in the context of the VI American Missionary Congress (CAM6) that took place in Puerto Rico from November 19-24, 2024 with some 1300 participants
from all over the continent. With an oral structure, the narrative discusses the missionary vocation ad gentes of the Church and its implementation, from the perspective
of Latin America, with observations on the difficulties in fulfilling the vocation of going out ad gentes. To this end, it comments on the historical issue, whith specifications for
the colonial context of the missionary enterprise, taking into account the changes in the understanding of mission and of the very being of the Church, in order to assume a
mission ad gentes in the sense of leaving its own context and going to the frontiers in a perspective of sharing and living together with the poor.