Aporofobia y cultura del descarte: un reto a la solidaridad cristiana

In this article we want to analyze a quite common phenomenon in the heart of our consumerist societies: the hatred or rejection of the poor (aporophobia). The idea is to present, by the hand of Adela Cortina, creator of neologism, that, behind many social diseases that promote exclusion (racism, xenophobia, etc.) lies this hatred of the poor. At the same time, we would like to show that the reason why the poor are rejected is due to the implantation of what Pope Francis has called the culture of waste, that generates acts of violence and speeches of hate. According to the pope, the culture of waste marginalizes everything that does not fall into the categories of the prevailing culture. Thereby, poverty is presented as a problem that denotes that christian charity has not been completely consummated, because if it was, there would be no one to call poor. Hence, aporophobia and the culture of waste are both presented as an imminent challenge to christian solidarity. The conclusion of the work is that these two phenomena require Christians to take a stand against a type or image of man: the modern capitalist subject, so that the Church's commitment to the poor can be, in truth, effective.