Contents
Presentation
1. Context
2. The text
3. Signatories
Introduction (Heinz Kulüke)
1. Church of the poor. One of the signatories of the Pact (Luigi Bettazzi)
2. A biblical pact. The Church of the poor in the New Testament (Xabier Pikaza)
3. The framers of the Pact. Origin, evolution and decline of the group called “the Church of the poor” (Joan Planellas Barnosell)
4. “For a Church of poverty and service”. The Pact of the Catacombs – a subversive legacy of Vatican II (Norbert Arntz)
5. The “Church of the Poor” did not Prosper at Vatican II (Jon Sobrino)
6. The Pact of the Catacombs. Implications for the Church’s mission (Stephen Bevans)
7. The Pact of the Catacombs and the Church in Africa (Mary-Noelle Ethel Ezeh)
8. Mission of the Church in an Indian Church of Poor People (Virginia Saldanha)
9. The Catacomb’s Pact is to Speak to Us Now (in China) (Paul Han)
10. Broadening the Pact. Egalitarian roots and backgrounds in Jesus’ movement (Mercedes Navarro
Puerto)
11. A pact for consecrated life. Return to the Gospel, prepare the future (José Antunes da Silva)
Contributors
