R.P. Roger Berthouzoz was dean and professor of ethics and moral theology in the Theological Faculty of the University\u00a0of Fribourg (Switzerland). He resigned from the post of dean due to the cancer from which he suffered. He died on the 24th September 2004.<\/p>\n
R.P. Roger Berthouzoz was born on the 24th May 1945 in Conthey in the canton of Valais (Switzerland). After his secondary school studies in the St. Maurice College (VS) and the Gymnasia de La Cit\u00e9 (Lausanne), he entered the Order of Preachers (Swiss Province) in 1964. He spent his novitiate in La Sarte, Huy in Belgium, and made his first vows on 29th September 1965. After a study period in Rwanda (Butare and Kaduha) between 1968-1969 and his ordination to the priesthood on June 21st 1970, he continued his studies in theology, philosophy and history at the University of Fribourg. In 1972, having obtained his licence in theology, he continued his studies in Paris and Rome; in 1979 he returned to Fribourg to defend his doctorate thesis in theology, entitled \u00abLiberty and Grace according to the theology of St Irenaeus of Lyon. The debate with the gnostics in the origins of Christian Theology<\/em>\u00bb (Fribourg-Paris 1980).<\/p>\n Assigned to Geneva (1978-1993), he was the Catholic chaplain of the university and Director of the Catholic University Centre of Geneva (1980-1987). At the same time, he was a member and then the person in charge of the Department of Formation of the Catholic Church in Geneva (1980-1993), member of the Community of Ecumenical Work \u00abChurch and Environment\u00bb (COTE). He had many responsibilities including that of librarian in the Dominican community in Geneva, of which he was also prior (1990-1993).<\/p>\n In 1993 he succeeded R.P. Pinto de Oliveira O.P. as ordinary professor, and thus became the holder of the Chair of Ethics and Specialised Morals.<\/p>\n R.P. Roger Berthouzoz was the author of many scientific articles and books. He was known for his reflections on, and his commitment to, the realms of the social doctrine of the Church, bioethics, ecology, political ethics and ecumenism. He allowed himself to be constantly challenged by current questions and always sought to put ethical demands into effect: during the debate on stem cells, for example, he insisted on the importance of recognising the dignity of the human embryo and on its legal protection. In the same vein, we saw him intervene on the themes of handicapped people, human rights, the right to food, of the integration of ethical and spiritual values in management and economy, ethics and the migration of families, the ethical and theological dimensions in the rights and the duties of minorities, and environmental ethics. He supported the demands for social justice in African societies. He knew how to take a position and express total disagreement, as, for example with the ideas of Charlene Spretnak on the subject of deep ecology (cf. Charlene Spretnak,\u00a0Les dimensions spirituelles de la politique \u00e9cologique<\/em>, with contributions by R. Bertouzoz, J. Grinevald, R. Longet et al., Grand Lancy, Geneva, 1993, pp 79-80).<\/p>\n In 1994 R.P. Roger Berthouzoz, founded and became the first director of the International Centre of Documentation and Research on Christian Social Ethics (CIDRESOC) at the University of Fribourg, of which the principal objective is to collect and analyse the major interventions by the catholic bishops from the whole world, and from all the Christian Churches. He was convinced of the importance of the contribution of the local Churches to social ethics. Under the direction of R. Berthouzoz, R. Papini, C.J. Pinto de Oliviera, R. Sugranyes de Franch, the Centre produced a catalogue bringing together information on about 1500 documents by bishops and bishop’s conferences from all over the world, which had been published over a centur. These documents concern economic and development ethics (Economie et D\u00e9veloppement<\/em>. R\u00e9pertoire des documents \u00e9piscopaux des cinq continents, 1891-1991, Fribourg-Paris, 1995, 808p.). The Collection underlines the vitality and the topicality of these interventions. Indeed the responsibility of the local Churches demands a testimony when justice is at stake, and in connection to socio-economical and cultural situations that are specific to them.<\/p>\n After the publication of this catalogue, the CIDRESOC continued collecting and analysing documents concerning social ethics. So as to make these documents more accessible, in January 2000 the first number of the quarterly Bulletin appeared under the title\u00a0Economie sociale & d\u00e9veloppement<\/em>. An interfaculty course on Christian social teaching was also set up. In July 1999, the Centre organised an International Colloquium on the right to food.<\/p>\n In 1999, Fr Berthouzoz was named by the Conseil d’Etat of Fribourg, member of the intercantonal committee of ethics and research in the field of health for the Cantons of Fribourg, Neuch\u00e2tel and the Jura. He collaborated also with the Ethical and Human Rights Institut (Institut d’\u00e9thique et de droits de l’homme<\/em>) (University of Fribourg), the Jacques Maritain International Institut (Italy), the International Forum on Management, ethics and spirituality (FIMES) and the HEC of Montreal (Canada). He was the co-director and director of the collection\u00a0Etudes d’\u00e9thique et la Th\u00e9ologie morale<\/em>\u00a0(Studies of Ethics and Moral Theology) (Fribourg-Paris). He was involved in the Study Centre, for the research and documentation on Africa in Fribourg (CERDAF) as well as the ENGELBERG FORUM. From 2002, R.P. Roger was responsible as Regent of Studies for the Swiss Province.<\/p>\n Bibliography<\/p>\n Le P\u00e8re, le Fils et le Saint-Esprit d’apr\u00e8s les Lettres d’Ignace d’Antioche,\u00a0Freiburger Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Philosophie und Theologie 18<\/em>\u00a0(1971) 3, 397-418.<\/p>\n Les chr\u00e9tiens dans le monde \u00e0 l’aube des grandes pers\u00e9cutions. Le t\u00e9moignage de l’Ep\u00eetre \u00e0 Diogn\u00e8te (IIIe si\u00e8cle),\u00a0Sources 2<\/em>\u00a0(1976), 243-251.<\/p>\n Libert\u00e9 grecque et th\u00e9ologie de la libert\u00e9 selon St. Paul, in :\u00a0Autonomie. Dimensions \u00e9thiques de la libert\u00e9<\/em>, C.-J. Pinto de Oliveira (ed.), Ed. Universitaires\/Ed. du Cerf, Fribourg-Paris 1978, pp. 19-70 (Etudes d’Ethique Chr\u00e9tienne, 4).<\/p>\n Herm\u00e9neutique de la foi. T\u00e2che du th\u00e9ologien et d\u00e9marches philosophiques en perspective catholique,\u00a0RThPh<\/em>\u00a0111 (1979), 389-407.<\/p>\n Libert\u00e9 et Gr\u00e2ce suivant la th\u00e9ologie d’Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e de Lyon<\/em>. Le d\u00e9bat avec la gnose aux origines de la th\u00e9ologie chr\u00e9tienne, \u00c9ditions Universitaires\/Editions du Cerf, Fribourg-Paris 1980, 287 p. (Etudes d’Ethique Chr\u00e9tienne, 8).<\/p>\n Science et foi<\/em>. Vers un nouveau dialogue, R. Berthouzoz (ed.), Gen\u00e8ve: Ed. du Tricorne, 1983, 70 p.<\/p>\n Gr\u00e2ce et libert\u00e9, in :\u00a0Initiation \u00e0 la pratique de la th\u00e9ologie<\/em>, B. Lauret – F. Refoul\u00e9 (ed.), Ed. du Cerf, Paris 1983, t. IV, pp. 161-199.<\/p>\n Implications \u00e9thiques des mod\u00e8les actuels d’individualisme,\u00a0Lumi\u00e8re et Vie<\/em>, n. 184, 1987, 83-96.<\/p>\n Pour une \u00e9thique de l’environnement. La responsabilit\u00e9 des chr\u00e9tiens dans la sauvegarde de la cr\u00e9ation,\u00a0Revue d’\u00e9thique et de th\u00e9ologie morale<\/em>, \u00ab Le Suppl\u00e9ment \u00bb, n. 169 (1989), 43-87.<\/p>\n Intervention dans un colloque (Lyon 15 et 16 mai 1987), in :\u00a0Le statut de l\u2019embryon humain<\/em>, Lyon : Collection Fondation Meyrieux, 1988, pp. 141-147.<\/p>\n Les valeurs morales, in :\u00a0Les valeurs des Suisses<\/em>, A. Melich (ed.), Berne: P. Lang, 1991, pp. 139-179.<\/p>\n Religion et croyances, in :\u00a0Les valeurs des Suisses<\/em>, A. Melich (ed.), Berne : P. Lang, 1991, pp. 181-242.<\/p>\n Chronique \u00ab Ethique et Nature \u00bb,\u00a0Lumi\u00e8re et Vie<\/em>, n. 214, 1993, 99-107.<\/p>\n Prise de position, in : Charlene Spretnak,\u00a0Les dimensions spirituelles de la politique \u00e9cologique<\/em>, avec des prises de position de Roger Berthouzoz, Jacques Grinevald, Ren\u00e9 Longet, James Lovelock, Sara Parkin et Laurent Rebeaud, Grand-Lancy, Gen\u00e8ve: Ed. Jouvence, 1993, pp. 79-80.<\/p>\n Les familles de migration et l\u2019\u00e9thique. La situation en Suisse, in:\u00a0Familles dans le choc des cultures<\/em>, ed. SKAF, Lucerne, mai-juin 1994, pp. 16-35.<\/p>\n Dimensions \u00e9thiques et th\u00e9ologiques des droits et devoirs des minorit\u00e9s,\u00a0Revue d’\u00e9thique et de th\u00e9ologie morale<\/em>, \u00ab Le Suppl\u00e9ment \u00bb, n. 195 (1995), 75-89.<\/p>\n Ethique, \u00e9conomie et d\u00e9veloppement<\/em>. L’enseignement des \u00e9v\u00eaques des cinq continents (1891-1991), R. Berthouzoz – Roberto Papini (ed.), Ed. Universitaires\/Ed. du Cerf, Fribourg-Paris 1995, 270 p. (Etudes d’\u00e9thique chr\u00e9tienne, 62).<\/p>\n Economie et d\u00e9veloppement.<\/em>\u00a0R\u00e9pertoire des documents \u00e9piscopaux des cinq continents (1891-1991), R. Berthouzoz, R. Papini, C.-J. Pinto de Oliveira, R. Sugranyes de Franch (ed.), Ed. Universitaires\/Ed. du Cerf, Fribourg-Paris 1995, 808 p. (Etudes d’\u00e9thique chr\u00e9tienne, 69).<\/p>\n Actualit\u00e9, m\u00e9thode et d\u00e9marches de l\u2019enseignement social chr\u00e9tien,\u00a0Civitas<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Revue mensuelle politique et culturelle 51 (1996)12, 309-312.<\/p>\n L’int\u00e9r\u00eat et l’urgence d’une r\u00e9flexion chr\u00e9tienne pour la formation de la pens\u00e9e sociale en Europe, in : J. F. Groen (ed.),\u00a0Pens\u00e9e sociale-chr\u00e9tienne et Europe<\/em>, Bruxelles 1998, p. 49-53.<\/p>\n L’\u00c9glise dans le dialogue social. L’intervention des \u00e9piscopats catholiques en mati\u00e8re d’\u00e9conomie et de d\u00e9veloppement,\u00a0Cahiers du Cidresoc<\/em>\u00a01, Fribourg 1998, pp. 3-10.<\/p>\n Efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique, base \u00e9thique et valeurs spirituelles dans le management d\u2019entreprise<\/em>, in : Thierry C. Pauchant (ed.),\u00a0Pour un management \u00e9thique et spirituel<\/em>. D\u00e9fis, cas, outils et questions, Fides-Presses HEC, Montr\u00e9al 2000, pp. 245-260.<\/p>\n Lieux et enjeux du questionnement \u00e9thique sur le droit \u00e0 l\u2019alimentation, in : R. Berthouzoz (ed.),\u00a0Faim de vivre<\/em>. La multidimensionnalit\u00e9 du droit \u00e0 l\u2019alimentation, \u00e9d. Unesco, Berne 2000, pp. 29-39.<\/p>\n Economic Efficiency, Ethical Foundations, and Spiritual Values in the Management of Organizations, in: Thierry C. Pauchant (ed.),\u00a0Ethics and Spirituality at Work<\/em>. Hopes and Pitfalls on the Search for Meaning in Organizations, Quorum Books, Westport, Connecticut, London 2002, p. 147-157.<\/p>\n Le l\u00e9gal et le moral,\u00a0Sources<\/em>\u00a029 (2003) 5, 255-262.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Courses in the moral theology programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n La d\u00e9cision chr\u00e9tienne<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2000, 207 p.
\nLa gr\u00e2ce de Dieu<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2001, 161 p.
\nLa foi<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2001, 163 p.
\nL\u2019esp\u00e9rance<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2002, 164 p.
\nLa justice<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2003, 150 p.
\nLa charit\u00e9<\/em>, Universit\u00e9 de Fribourg 2003, 183 p.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"autori":[1045],"fascicolo":[90],"class_list":["post-1395","articolo","type-articolo","status-publish","hentry","autori-anto-gavric","fascicolo-febbraio-2005"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n