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Document Details : Title: La catéchèse aux prises avec la réception latino-américaine de Concile Vatican II Author(s): ALVES DE LIMA, Luis , RUBENS FERREIRA DE OLIVEIRA, Pedro Journal: Lumen Vitae Volume: 68    Issue: 1   Date: 2013    Pages: 51-73 DOI: 10.2143/LV.68.1.2967216 Abstract : En Amérique Latine et dans les Caraïbes, la réception de Vatican II a été fort dynamique, non sans faire face à des contextes historiques difficiles. Dans ce cadre, la Conférence de l’épiscopat latino-américain, rassemblée à plusieurs reprises, a joué un rôle déterminant et, quelque part, autrement qu’ailleurs. En partant de la trajectoire des Conférences de Medellin (1968) et d’Aparecida (2007), cet article prétend mettre en relief quelques transformations concernant surtout la catéchèse. Plus particulièrement, il cherche à décrire la genèse et le développement du thème «catéchèse» entre Medellin et Aparecida, en passant par Puebla et Saint Domingue. En guise de conclusion, les A. proposent quelques enjeux de la catéchèse pour une évangélisation au coeur du monde. The Second Vatican Council was a turning point in the life of the Church, one based on a paradigm shift in the relationship of the Church to the world. Theology in general, and catechesis in particular, have taken account of this transformation. In Latin America and the Caribbean the reception of the Council was highly dynamic, in the face of difficult historical situations. In this context, the Latin American Conference of Bishops, which met several times, played a decisive role in a way that was somewhat different from anywhere else. By examining the trajectory of the conferences of Medellín (1968) and of Aparecida (2007), this article seeks to highlight a number of transformations in particular as regards catechesis. It identifies a number of important steps along the path taken, in the light of the reception of the Council. We describe the genesis and development of the topic of ‘catechesis’ between the conferences of Medellín and Aparecida, by way of those of Puebla and Santo Domingo, referring as well to events in the intervening periods. By way of conclusion, we offer a number of challenges for catechesis in view of an evangelization at the heart of the world.