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The Catholic Church’s Conciliar Step forward into the World of Social Communication - On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of Second Vatican Council
Ana Thea Filipović
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By questioning the meaning of the Second Vatican Council concerning relation of the Catholic Church to means of social communication, the article focuses primarily on the council decree Inter Mirifica, the first decree of a general council in the history of the Church dedicated to media of social communication. Presented genealogy of the decree as well as both analysis and evaluation of its contents, based on comments of relevant authors, indicates the Church’s awareness of the importance of the media at that time, but at the same time confirms the necessity of the Council for the Church. The intentions of the decree are truly realized only in the pastoral instruction Communio et Progressio and in the wake of the reform process which occurred by the Council. The process of maturation of a renewed understanding of the Church and its role in the world is also to be viewed from the point of Council’s practice of public relations, which occupies an important place in responding to the question of stance of the Council towards the media. Pastoral Instruction Communio et Progressio has been indeed the most positive result of the Council and the most positive church document on media until today. The author concludes that the II. Vatican Council really meant a new orientation in relation of the Church to media of social communication that was necessary for its entering into a constructive critical dialogue with the modern world, strongly marked by the influence of the media. From today’s perspective, when dangers of the media are even more noticeable, both of these documents outline two important strategic guidelines for Church’s attitude towards the media: acceptance, respect and use of the media on the one hand and a critical attitude toward them from the other side.
Ključne riječi
»Inter Mirifica«; »Communio et Progressio«; the means of social communication; II. Vatican Council; the Church and the media
Hrčak ID:
142226
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Datum izdavanja:
23.7.2015.
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