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The Changes of Church Communication in the Third Millennium: The Reform of Vatican Media and its Impacts in the Period of the Credibility Crisis
Zavadilová, Tereza ; Koudelková, Petra (advisor) ; Kočí, Martin (referee) ; Franc, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis explores a specific part of the contemporary Church communication area: the Vatican media reform that started in 2015, two years after the appointment of Pope Francis, as a part of the gradual reform of the whole Roman Curia. The aim of this still unfinished media reform is to make Vatican media (radio, TV, press office, news website Vatican News etc.) more technologically and financially effective, to share the message of Pope Francis through the most modern communication channels, to employ more laymen instead of clerics (in 2018 prefect Paolo Ruffini became the first layperson who ever led the Vatican dicastery), and to give voice to the local Church in the world. The many shifts included media unification, convergence, digitization, employing social media and a more reciprocal relationship with the public. Nevertheless, the secondary aim of the reform was to transform Vatican media into more transparent, trustworthy, and reliable source of information about the Church and the faith - especially in this era of a "credibility crisis" caused by the abuse of authority, power, conscience and sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults. The thesis proves that the reform has, apart from the obvious technological money-sparing face, also a content face - e.g., the aim to restore its...
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Synodality - how walk together in daily life of the czech church?
Jirsa, Matěj ; Prokeš, Josef (advisor) ; Tichý, Radek (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to answer the question of 'how the Czech Church in its everyday life should respond to the call on synodality, which Pope Francis asks of the Church'. More specifically, the thesis deals with the so-called synodal lifestyle. It aims to define this style, to theologically ground it and to formulate its basic building blocks. On the basis of qualitative research, it then wants to provide impulses for pastoral theology to help this style take root in the life of the Czech Church where it is needed. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter introduces the subjects of the theological debate on synodality, with an emphasis on recent Church documents and the teachings of Pope Francis. The second chapter introduces the main theological premises underlying the building blocks of the synodal lifestyle, which will later be presented in chapter three. Chapter four focuses on the qualitative research conducted in the form of a reflection on home spiritual retreat as presented and analysed. The highlight of the thesis is chapter five, in which, impulses for pastoral theology are formulated by synthesizing the analysis of the qualitative research and the basic building blocks of synodality.
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Communication of Pope Francis from the Perspective of High School Students
Pospíšilová, Tereza ; Zavadilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Koudelková, Petra (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Communication of Pope Francis from the Perspective of High School Students" aims to map the view of selected religious high school students on the communication of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church as such. In particular, the research focuses on the way young people perceive the Pope's communication, whether they perceive differences between Pope Francis' communication and the communication of the Catholic Church, and whether the topics Pope Francis emphasizes in his communication are important for today's young generation. The analysis of the data collected from the interviews is conducted through open coding. The analytical part of the thesis is preceded by a theoretical introduction to the current state of the Catholic Church as well as an insight into the history of the papacy and its role in society. The theoretical part also discusses church communication in general, describing the tools it uses and the target groups the church focuses on today. Finally, a brief biography of Pope Francis and the form of communication used during his pontificate is also described here.
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The Liturgy and the Teaching of Pope Francis
Matys, Vojtěch ; Tichý, Radek (advisor) ; Přibyl, Stanislav (referee)
Tittle: The Liturgy and the Teaching of Pope Francis The thesis follows up a question of how the topic of the liturgy is present in Pope Francis's teaching, what is the place of the liturgy in his pastoral office, and what aspects of the church liturgy are specifically important to him. In the beginning of my study, I will outline the basic definitions of the Pope's teaching, and refer to the character of Pope Francis himself. Later on I will introduce texts and passages, in which Pope Francis mentions liturgy, and then I will focus on selected aspects, and compare them to the general conception of these aspects in the context of church documents. Keywords: Pope Francis teaching liturgy eucharist sacraments
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The Opinions of the Masses and the Mass: The Effect of Religious Elite Cues on Attitudes
Tax, Natasha ; Lago, Ignacio (advisor) ; Zubek, Marcin (referee)
This paper explores how religious elites affect public opinion through focusing on the role of the pope, by asking the question if the publication of a papal encyclical can influence attitudes about religion. Using the Unexpected Event during Survey Design, this paper connects data from the European Social Survey 7 to investigate if respondents' answers about their attitudes towards religion changed, due to the publication of a papal encyclical. Situating itself in the theory of elite cues, the object of this research is to show that religion is an important influence in the shaping of attitudes and that the pope, as an example of a religious elite, is a relevant actor in shaping opinions across Europe. This research finds that the publication of the encyclical does not make a significant difference in attitudes among individuals, however there is an increase in level of religiosity, primarily for countries with strong pre-existing attachments towards religion.
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Prophetic model of catechesis as a response to the questions of our time
Krbec, Jan ; Zimmermannová, Marie (advisor) ; Dřímal, Ludvík (referee)
The Diploma thesis "Prophetic model of catechesis as a response to the questions of our time" examines the theme of the historical-prophetic model of catechesis. The study part of the work looks at the model in the context of the biblical concept of prophecy consummated in the personality of Jesus of Nazareth and as one of the manifestations of the participation of those baptised in Christ's prophetic office, realised in the evangelical mission of the Church. His sensitivity to social challenges, the emphasis laid on small Christian communities, and the entitlement to Christian engagement are viewed within the scope of the Social Doctrine of the Church and its development after the Second Vatican Council. The authorial part of the work presents original catechesis to the current social topic, read through the prism of gospel and Christian belief. The objective of the work is to show how the historical-prophetic model of catechesis can help adult believers understand the "signs of the times" and contribute to the growth of Christian community. The objective is to be achieved by submitting the topic to the members of two small communities and evaluating the results of the meeting.
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Twiplomacy of Pope Francis: Twitter as a Tool of a Public Diplomacy of the Holy See
Nedbalová, Martina ; Doležal, Tomáš (advisor) ; Peterková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis addresses digital diplomacy as a part of public diplomacy. It focuses on the analysis of pope Francis´s twitter account during 2015 also in comparison to all his activity on this account. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the themes that the pope mentions in his tweets and to analyse the connections between his tweets and current events. Also, a quantitative analysis of this period is carried out, where the pope´s influence, which he gained thanks to participation on this platform, has been evaluated. Part of this work is introducing digital diplomacy as a phenomenon of modern times and Twitter as a modern social platform that has recently found its place as one of the most watched communication channels, which are used by personalities and institutions in the area of international relationships to communicate with the public.
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Role of State from moral theology perspectives
Štolle, Petr ; Ovečka, Libor (advisor) ; Mašek, Vojtěch (referee)
The role of state is questioned using the theological point of view. Therefore this is not work of sociology, political or historical science. The theological thinking is based on the words of the Bible that is followed by other church documents. Basic sources for this work are documents of International theological commission and texts of professor C.V. Pospíšil. The aim of this work is not pointing on specific cases but looking for moral theology principles and rules. The starting point is that state can never a be direct object of theological studies because that can only be an individual person. The main rule for searching the answers is the fact, that state should only be one of tools for delivering the common good. Also the common good should never be considered the target itself, because the common good only embraces the sum of conditions whereby man can attain its perfection. The results of analyses made are tested against Pope Francis' text Evangelii Gaudium, founding many similarities.
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The media image of pope Francis in the czech daily press
Malá, Tereza ; Provecho López, Juan Ignacio (advisor) ; Zezulková, Markéta (referee)
Pope Francis, who was elected 13th March, 2013 after the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI., became in a short time one of the world's most popular leaders ever because of his behavior and demeanor. Also world mass media played a big part in it as Pope Francis became a very important media personality. Also he contributed heavily to this fact by using the media intensively himself. He continues in the footsteps of his predecessors, he extensively uses all the media possibilities he can reach and since becoming the Pope he collaborates with a team of media experts who successfully help with his communication strategy. This master thesis titled "Media image of Pope Francis in Czech Daily Press" and it attempts to capture the person of Pope Francis and the reasons for his success and general popularity and to outline how much medialized he actually is in our country, which ranks amongst the secularized states. The pivotal part of the text therefore constitutes of the quantitative content analysis, which focuses on the media coverage of the Pope in the four most widely read Czech Daily Press (MF Dnes, Lidové noviny, Hospodářské noviny and Právo) and thus try to interpret his media image, of how Czech society might perceive him.
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Comparasion of communication of pope Francis and pope Benedict XVI.
Divišová, Alice ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Shavit, Anna (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Comparison of Communication of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI." aims to compare marketing and media communication of last two reigning popes - Pope Francis (2013-present) and Pope Benedict XVI. (2005-2013).The researched period is the period of the pontificates of these two popes - from 2005 until the end of 2014. The comparison is carried out by qualitative analysis, especially by comparison of selected marketing channels (social networks, web applications and official Vatican Medias), papal apostolic letters and the general media image of individual popes. The comparison of communication of the two popes is preceded by a brief introduction to the history of papacy, which focuses on the former popes who were using marketing tools, then an introduction to a marketing communication of Roman Catholic Church, searching for individual use of marketing in the Church, whether the use is intentional or unintentional and finally brief introduction of the facts and data about the two compared popes - the biographies, bibliographies, speeches and apostolic letters. The main comparison is then described in detail in the last chapter of the thesis and it is focused on comparison of papal channels, dialogues with other religions, reputation management and the general perception of the...
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