John Paul II on migrants and refugees

• Authors: O'Boyle Edward J.

Title variants

PL

Jan Paweł II o imigrantach i uchodźcach

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Down through the ages, untold numbers of refugees, asylum seekers, displaced persons, gypsies, and tinkers have been on the move for various reasons: hope for a better life, safe haven for the oppressed, escape from the long arm of the law, hunger, ravages of war, smuggling, health, retirement, spying. Whatever the immediate reasons might be, ultimately migration is a “longing for a transcendent horizon of justice, freedom and peace”. The author of the article have searched the writings of John Paul II on migrants and refugees that might instruct as to how we might reconcile the differences today between those peoples and host countries. The paper focus on four subjects: human rights, human needs, ability and willingness to welcome, and ability and willingness to integrate.

PL

Przez wieki niezliczona liczba uchodźców, osób ubiegających się o azyl, przesiedleńców i Cyganów była w drodze z różnych powodów: nadziei na lepsze życie, bezpiecznej przystani dla uciśnionych, ucieczki od długiego ramienia prawa, głodu, spustoszeń wojennych, przemytu, zdrowia, emerytury, szpiegostwa. Niezależnie od tego, jakie są jej bezpośrednie powody, ostatecznie migracja to „dążenie do transcendentnych celów — sprawiedliwości, wolności, pokoju". Autor artykułu dokonał przeglądu pism Jana Pawła II na temat imigrantów i uchodźców, które pouczają, w jaki sposób możemy pogodzić różnice między tymi osobami a krajami przyjmującymi. Artykuł koncentruje się na czterech tematach: prawach człowieka, potrzebach ludzkich, zdolności i gotowości do przyjęcia oraz zdolności i gotowości do integracji.

Keywords

EN

migrants; refugees; John Paul II; human rights; human needs; Good Samaritan; host countries; open borders

PL

imigranci; uchodźcy; Jan Paweł II; prawa człowieka; potrzeby człowieka; Dobry Samarytanin; kraje przyjmujące; otwarte granice

• Publisher: Spółdzielczy Instytut Naukowy G. Bierecki sp.j.
• Journal: Pieniądze i Więź
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4(81)
• Pages: 7-15

Dates

published

2019-01

Contributors

author

O'Boyle Edward J.

• Mayo Research Institute, 1217 Dean Chapel Road, West Monroe, Louisiana 71291 USA

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ISSN

1506-7513