CAPITALISM AS AN EXCEPTION REGIME AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY:

theological perspective

Abstract

The article has an ethical-theological focus. It aims to discuss two crimes against humanity committed by capitalism in the historical context of conquest and colonization in America and Africa: human trafficking and slave labor. It then examines the Catholic Church's direct involvement in these crimes. The second section, with a theological focus, explains how the Memory of Salvation performed by Christ generates two attitudes: apology to victims; recognition of the misrepresentation of the Gospel for economic purposes. To use the name of Christ to justify crimes against humanity is to blaspheme. This purification of memory leads to a commitment to justice and the defense of Human Rights as a sign of the times. The conclusion shows that Christianity is always subversive against exceptional regimes. The memory of victims of crimes against humanity enhances the hope of achieving full justice. The memory of victims is the ethical paradigm of transitional justice.