Sr. Anne Béatrice Faye, CIC
50 years of "Justice in the World"
50 YEARS OF "JUSTICE IN THE WORLD": THE SYNOD THAT “CATALYZED” CONSECRATED LIFE Sr. Anne Béatrice Faye, CIC
Sr. Anne Béatrice Faye, CIC, is a Sister of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of Castres. Graduated in Philosophy at “Cheik Anta Diop” University of Dakar (Senegal), she is interested in issues related to the promotion of women in the African context. She is a professor of Philosophy and a member of the Association des Théologiens Africains (ATA). The conference was presented on 21 June 2021 at a Webinar organized by the “Africa Working Group” of the JPIC joint Commission of the UISG and the USG.
Original in French
UISG - Bulletin Number 176, 2021
Introduction
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The context of the Covid-19 pandemic today invites us to meet around a virtual table to celebrate a Jubilee: the 50 years of the second post-synodal document Justice in the World, the topicality of which concerns us all. At the heart of this health crisis and all the socioeconomic tragedies that we are all experiencing, the opportunity is still offered to me to come back to the relevance of this document as an event that continues to inspire us and push us to action. Indeed, “we see in the world a set of injustices which constitute the nucleus of today’s problems and whose solution requires the undertaking of tasks and functions in every sector of society (…) Our action is to be directed above all at those people and nations which because of various forms of oppression and because of the present character of our society are silent, indeed voiceless, victims of injustice.” 1 The treatment of the question of Justice, therefore, deserves a “concrete, frank, and generous” look, 2 like the consideration that the 1971 Synod already gave it. For my part, I have chosen to lucidly rethink justice in Africa. The basic question is always the same: What justice is needed for greater human dignity and promotion of integral development in Africa? In speaking about human dignity,
