This article focuses on relations between real religious events and the content of media coverage of those events. The article presents the aims and topics of religious meetings of Catholic families, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Family, which took place under the name of the World Meetings of Families. The main issue concerning media coverage is presented on the example of the account of the 9th World Meeting of Families, which took place in Dublin in 2018. It was guided by the theme Joy for the World. Among the issues discussed during the meeting was the issue of the functioning of Catholic families in the contemporary world including axiological, economic and health themes. The media’s image of the meeting in Dublin was quite different from the real discussions and was marginalized to two topics: speeches delivered by Roco Buttiglione and Jamesa Martina SJ, and the interpretation of symbolism of chasubles used during liturgy.
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Światowe Spotkania Rodzin to spotkania katolickich rodzin z całego świata z papieżem, organizowane przez Papieską Radę ds. Rodziny. Inicjatorem tych spotkań był papież Jan Paweł II. Odbywają się co trzy lata, a każde jest poprzedzone międzynarodowym sympozjum teologiczno-duszpasterskim. Głównym celem zwoływania przez papieża Światowych Spotkań Rodzin jest prowadzenie dialogu, ukazywanie roli rodziny w ewangelizacji i umocnienie tożsamości rodziny. Światowe Spotkania Rodzin są uznawane za jedną z najważniejszych inicjatyw duszpasterskich Jana Pawła II.
The subject of this article is self-government and self-governance in socio-political and ecclesial practices. In addition, it covers the content behind these concepts, the interrelationships that occur between them, as well as the factors that influence their formation and realization. The authors in the first part point out selected contexts of self-governance and local government in contemporary socio-political practices, while in the second part, they point out selected contexts of ecclesial collegiality and synodality in contemporary Catholicism. Within the framework of the article, self-governance and the forms of self-government presented are recognized as a value in themselves and a significant element through which there is an independent and therefore real influence on the representation of their interests and the resolution of issues by those concerned themselves. In addition, they serve to build a sense of socio-political and religious cohesion and integration. Therefore, both issues are socially, politically and religiously important, which in a way is due to the concern for their need, implementation and proper development. Hence, in the modern world, both in socio-political and ecclesiastical practices, self-government and self-governance play man important role because they mean independence and freedom of action from interference from other authority, especially state authority, and freedom of decision-making in various aspects.
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