The Catholic Church’s Responsibility in Creating a Safeguarding Culture

Abstract

Rapid technological changes, which are mainly the result of the progress in computer technology, in the last decades of the twentieth century, have touched every area of life and have enforced numerous innovations. Modern ways of communication and exchange of information, especially the development of social media, have led to a significant and complex transformation of the traditional media. Practically all media companies around the world, in order to maintain their position on the market, have had to make decisive modifications of their ways of working. On one hand they remained available to the users of traditional media, but on the other hand, they look for effective ways of reaching all those who are using only new ways. Similarly, the Vatican media could not remain indifferent to the issues mentioned above. For several years the Vatican has initiated a process of preparation for a general reform of its media institutions. However, these works have accelerated at a great rate during the pontificate of Pope Francis.The reform of the Vatican media is not an easy task. It concerns several independent institutions. Each one of them has their own history and way of announcing the Gospel. The widespread computerization, especially the development of the internet and social media, has also forced the Vatican to reflect on new ways of communicating. Among many questions, the most important were about the effectiveness of evangelization through the media, the ways of spreading the Pope's message around the world to as many faithful as possible, and about the costs of necessary investments that would allow further, dynamic development and effective functioning of the Vatican media.

Odpowiedź Kościoła katolickiego na problem wykorzystywania seksualnego osób nieletnich przez duchownych w latach 1984-2022

“…Dlatego należy tworzyć najlepsze metody ochrony nieletnich oraz pomocy ofi arom w uzdrowieniu, pamiętając o tym, że sprawiedliwość i prewencja wzajemnie się uzupełniają. Wiele wskazuje na to, że obecnie najtrudniejszym zadaniem jest zmiana mentalności (Zollner 2022). Niestety, ciągle wielu duchownych i świeckich nie traktuje pedofi lii klerykalnej jako realnego problemu społecznego.…”