This paper is interdisciplinary and combines the research perspective of medical studies with that of media and social communication studies and theological studies. The main goal of this article is to determine [from arguments on all sides of the issue] whether, and to what extent, statements issued by a religious authority can be used as an argument in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The authors also want to find answers to the questions of how the pope’s comments affect public opinion when they concern the sphere of secular and everyday life, including issues related to health care. The main method used in this study is desktop research and the analysis of the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on vaccination and on the types and significance of the pope’s statements on various topics. The auxiliary methods are sentiment analysis and network analysis made in the open source software Gephi. The authors are strongly interested in the communication and media aspect of the analyzed situation. Pope Francis’ voice on the COVID-19 vaccination has certainly been noticed and registered worldwide, but the effectiveness of his message and direct impact on Catholics’ decisions to accept or refuse the COVID-19 vaccination is quite questionable and would require further precise research. Comparing this to the regularities known from political marketing, one would think that the pope’s statement would not convince the firm opponents of vaccination.
Wielość posług i urzędów w Kościele wynika z historycznego i pastoralnego rozwoju. Pragmatyzm misji ewangelizacyjnej zakłada porządek organizacyjny i jasno określone reguły działania. Odnowa eklezjalna ukierunkowana jest na uwypuklaniu teologicznych aspektów wspólnoty wiary. W niniejszym artykule przedstawiono najwyższy urząd w Kościele – określony dogmatycznie na Soborze Watykańskim I – w funkcji prymacjalnej. Współczesna eklezjologia podkreśla organiczną jedność funkcji Biskupa Rzymu z całym Kościołem. W szczególności najwyższa władza wpisana w tę posługę poddawana jest dziś głębokiej reinterpretacji, uwzględniającej chrystologiczny jej aspekt, czyli rezygnację z czysto jurydycznego jej rozumienia na rzecz religijnego. W praktycznym aspekcie widoczne jest to w oficjalnych tytułach określających funkcję prymacjalną. Podkreślony jest też martyrologiczny aspekt prymatu, ukazujący ten urząd jako służbę na rzecz jedności i trwałości wspólnoty.
The article presents the achievements of Cardinal Stanisław Nagy in the field of ecclesiology, including the ecumenical context. The main problem is the primacy of the Bishop of Rome as executing the supreme office in the Catholic Church. The article presents the apologetic argumentation concerning the Church's credibility, called via primatus. It describes the ministry of primacy as the function given to St. Peter the Apostle and his successors, conferred upon him by Jesus Christ, with the purpose of ensuring the unity and permanence of the Church. The article also addresses the problem of the ecumenical quest, where the pope is the most difficult obstacle in the process of unifying Christianity. The last part of the article presents the praxeological aspect of the ministry of primacy in John Paul II's pontificate.
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