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From humanitarian to development aid. A case study of the activities of the Aid to the Church in Need Pontifical Foundation.

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Boguszewski M.

Polish Journal of Political Science

2019

vol. 5

issue 4

117-133

The description of the mission and activities of the international NGO organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) should be seen as an example of humanitarian, pastoral and development aid. The presented data gives a picture of the needs, but also shows that behind each of the projects there are specific stories of disadvantaged people. Reflecting on the activities and specific projects of the ACN Foundation allows us to conclude that one organization, even with an international reach, is not able to solve all the world’s problems, but it can certainly show the world a picture of needs in many of its regions. The study is part of the research into the areas of humanitarian aid, religious problems in the world, the impact of the papal aid organization on the development of social and religious life, volunteering and the integral development of local communities. The source data used in this text is the Foundation’s internal 2019 data. Two selected countries, Lebanon and South Sudan are representative countries supported by ACN. The selected aid projects illustrate the scale of the aid and can be used to draw a picture of the needs. This example of ACN activities contributes to further research into the state of aid, the identification of aid needs and aid effectiveness in different regions of the world. The presented data may also inspire even greater solidarity between nations in mutual aid and may inspire other aid organizations to increase their involvement in aid in the indicated regions.

Posłannictwo Kościoła wobec chorych

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Olczyk A.

Studia Gdańskie

2014

issue 35

77-92

Choroba i związane z nią cierpienie przynależą w sposób naturalny do kondycji ludzkiego losu. Normalną reakcją człowieka na doświadczenie choroby jest lęk o siebie, lęk przed przyszłością, lęk wobec ogromu cierpienia. Stąd też sytuacja choroby stanowi wyzwanie moralne dla samego chorego, a także dla jego otoczenia: rodziny, przyjaciół, służby zdrowia, Kościoła. Ludzie chorzy potrzebują i często oczekują pomocy duchowej, duszpasterskiej, sakramentalnej. Kościół zatem ma wyjątkową misję niesienia Ewangelii chorym i cierpiącym na wzór samego Chrystusa, który „przyszedł do tych, którzy się źle mają”. Swoistą „Ewangelią cierpienia” jest Chrystusowa przypowieść o dobrym Samarytaninie (Łk 10, 33-37). Najdoskonalszym teologicznym tłumaczeniem tej przypowieści jest list apostolski Jana Pawła II Salvifici doloris z 11 lutego 1984 r. Z kolei najbardziej wymownym wcieleniem w życie tych treści było cierpienie i odchodzenie do Domu Ojca św. Jana Pawła II, które dokonywało się dosłownie na oczach całego świata. Warto ukazać chrześcijański etos i sens cierpienia. Jest ono bowiem drogą zbawienia. Drogą dopełniania swoim cierpieniem „braków Jezusowych udręk” (Kol 1, 24). Chrystus, utożsamiając się z każdym człowiekiem, a zwłaszcza z tym najmniejszym, słabym i chorym, nie zapomni o tych, którzy, gdy był chory, odwiedzili Go (Mt 25, 43), okazali Mu współczucie i pomoc, modlili się z Nim. Kościół wyznacza chorym horyzonty nadziei przypominając, że ostatnim słowem Boga nie jest cierpienie krzyża, ale zmartwychwstanie.

Sickness and suffering are connected and belong in a natural way to the condition of human fate. The natural reaction of a human being for an experience of sickness is a fear of oneself, a fear of the future, a fear of the enormity of sufferings. Thus the situation of sickness is a moral challenge for the sick as well as for their surroundings: family, friends, medical services and the Church. Sick people need, and very often they await, for spiritual and pastoral and sacramental help. Thus the Church has a specific mission of spreading the Gospel around the sick and suffering as Christ did it when He “came to those who suffer”. The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10, 33-37) is a kind of the “Gospel about suffering”. The most perfect interpretation of the parable is the Apostolic Letter of John Paul II Salvifici doloris of February 11th 1984. Then the most significant embodiment to life of the contents was the suffering and passing away of John Paul II to Our Father’s Home. It was happening and the whole world was watching it. The Christian ethos and the meaning of suffering are worth showing as it is the way of salvation. It is the way of filling up on one’s sufferings of “lacks of the afflictions of Christ” (Colossians 1,24). Christ, who is identifying with every human being and especially with the littlest one, with sick and weak, will not forget about those, who visited Him when He was sick (Matthew 25, 43), who showed compassion and helped Him, who prayed with Him. The Church shows to the sick horizons of hope reminding them that the last word of God is not the suffering of the Cross but resurrection.

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