The archive of JUDr. Vendelín Laca and its Coverage of the Struggle of the Members of the Underground Church for an adequate integration into the official church structure after 1989 The present article provides a detailed description of the personal archive of one of the secretly ordained priests of the Underground Church (or Clandestine Church as they prefer to say), namely Vendelín Laca (1932-2015) from the Slovak town of Šurany (close to Nitra). The complex issue of how the secret priests were integrated into the official structures after the fall of the Communist regime is tackled here from a special point of view: the focus is on one concrete group of married priests whose letters, articles, and memories are stored in the archive. In the first and second sections, the paper reports growing difficulties which arose as the official bishops in Slovakia refused to recognize the priestly status of those individuals, whose ordination originated from Bishop Felix Davídek. The church authorities forced these priests to undergo an ordination 'sub conditione', but nobody was able to bring up any evidence as to why Davídek's ordinations should be questioned. Moreover, this option was only open to celibate men. The third and fourth sections describe the protracted conflict which led to the disenchantment and frustration of those married priests who were only admitted to a limited form of service in the Greek-catholic Exarchate (in Czechia) or, worse, completely excluded and charged of schism in Slovakia. The sixth and last section as a moving coda tells of the well-meant efforts of four outstanding priests who tried to engage in pastoral activities on their own. Before that, the fifth section brings witness to mutual misunderstandings and animosities within the Underground Church itself. Thus, the quotations and paraphrases of archival texts through their telling of personal stories shed light on the history of the remarkable phenomenon of the Underground Church with its glory and martyrdom without denying its shades.

A Church-friendly criticism and the reform of the ChurchThis article discusses the possibility of reform that is church-friendly, and to that end engages in a brief historical analysis of relevant historical periods (Gregorian reform, German reformation, Church renewal in 20th century). The decisive thought of Yves Congar is presented as a significant expansion of the corpus of thought on Church reform by his not so well known fellow friars. Their conclusion was that the Church can only be reformed from within the Church, and through the Church. Thus, the idea of reform is not an unwelcome novelty. Instead, both the Church and the tradition of reforming thought might be seen as two aspects of unique mystery, namely of God's dwelling among his people. Key wordsChurch; church-friendly criticism; reform; Gregorian reform; Luther; Congar DOI: 10. 14712/23363398.2017.5 Diskuse o reformě církve, přesněji řečeno římskokatolické církve, jsou na denním pořádku už dlouhou dobu a pontifikát papeže Františka k tomu přispívá zásadní měrou. Současný papež je pro mnoho církevních i necírkevních komentátorů příležitostí k rozvíjení, jak doufám, dobře míněných teorií o tom, co všechno se změní. František se stal tváří reformy, což je velmi dobře. Obnova však jistě nemůže být nikdy dílem jednoho člověka. Bez přičinění nás katolických křesťa-nů se těžko něco může změnit k lepšímu. Také tento článek chce být malým příspěvkem k žádoucí změně pozitivním směrem tak, aby se

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