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Polar opposition» (15.04.2022) (05)

(Blog Alfonsianum: Polar opposition)
Pope Francis asserts that the unity «we seek is not uniformity, but “unity in diversity”». Taking inspiration from Romano Guardini, the Pope describes this unity using the dialectic of polar opposition. During the Synod on Consecrated Life (1994), J.M. Bergoglio explained this dynamic: «A tension, for its life to be maintained, cannot be resolved by assimilation of one of the poles to the detriment of the others, nor by a synthesis (of a Hegelian type) that annuls the polarities. The tension (in this case the ecclesial tension) must be resolved on a higher level, that would not be a synthesis, but a resolution that virtually contains the tensioned polarities».

Unfortunately, the current technocratic paradigm, homogeneous and one-dimensional, overrides this dynamic, thus opening the way to globalized indifference, despotic domination, and the throwaway culture.