scholarly journals Intolerance in the Media and Representations of the Catholic Church

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-766
Author(s):  
David Kraner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Local Media ◽  
National Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Intolerance toward Christians in Europe including Slovenia is increasing and experts are not dealing with it sufficiently. The media plays a key role in disseminating information and shaping social representations. The fact that the media, due to the nature of their action, will always be in conflict with the Church, must not be a reason for intolerance. In Slovenia, the media are the central creators of negative opinions about the Church. They are very sophisticated in spreading Christianophobia. The journalists with the most published articles with negative connotations regarding the Church create negative social representations. Negative topics that are most often associated with the Church in the media are sexual abuse, money and politics. An analysis of the connotation and topic of the articles shows that the serious socio-political themes of the Church are neglected in the media. The local media mostly write positively about the Church, as they are aware of specific events, while the national media write about it negatively since they are often distant from specific events and usually evaluate them according to editorial policy criteria, and not according to professional arguments and varied opinions. The location of events covered negatively in articles happen both within and outside Slovenia. Most negative articles do not include photos; however, tabloids usually include them. By reducing the dissemination of negative and discriminatory messages about the Church and raising the ethics of reporting, intolerance towards Christians and other minorities will decrease.

Beyond the Catholic Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 170-194
Author(s):  
Dominica Pradere ◽  
Theron N. Ford ◽  
Blanche J. Glimps
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
North America ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Since the early 1980s, allegations of the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy and other representatives of religious organizations have been reported in the media with alarming frequency. In North America, the majority of reports highlight the Catholic Church. Many of these allegations refer to incidents, which took place many years previously. This chapter explores three specific examples of other religious groups, that are not the Catholic Church, involved with the sexual abuse of children. These include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Moravians, and Orthodox Judaism (Haredi).

Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Media

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Clergy Sexual Abuse ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Media attention on child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church led to awareness of a serious social problem and increased the levels of disclosure of abuse. The three “emergencies of clerical sexual abuse in the media” occurred in 1985, 1993, and 2002 (Maniscalco, 2005). The catalyst for the media coverage was high-profile clergy offenders with multiple victims and in 2002 also included the claims of cover-ups by high-ranking cardinals in the United States. Most victims of clergy sexual abuse disclosed their abuse decades after the abuse occurred, and the increased rates of disclosure coincided with the three periods of increased reporting in the media. Though the constant reporting in the media led to some misconceptions about CSA generally and CSA within the Catholic Church, it also led to policy changes in how the church responded to allegations of abuse and aimed to prevent future acts of abuse.

Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 658-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. White ◽  
Karen J. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Excessive Force ◽  
Police Organization ◽  
Sex Abuse ◽  
Police Deviance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church response to its sexual abuse crisis and how the problem should be addressed parallels the “rotten apple” assertions of police deviance. The rotten apple theory, however, does not fully explain police deviance, as there are often also structural explanations. This article employs Kappeler, Sluder, and Alpert's (1998) police deviance framework to characterize and understand the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, drawing specific comparisons to the intentional use of excessive force by police. Though the analogy has limitations, there are similarities at both the individual and organizational levels, particularly because the Church has implemented accountability mechanisms similar to the police. The article concludes with a discussion of lessons the Church can learn from the police organization as they seek to prevent, control, and effectively respond to sexual abuse of children by their clergy.

scholarly journals Catholic Church and the Italian public television. An enduring relation with an interlude: the Council

2015 ◽  
pp. 179-199
Author(s):  
Federico Ruozzi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The article presents the entanglement of the Catholic Church and the media by focusing on the case of the Second Vatican Council and the television broadcast of its events. The mass media attention of the council stimulated, according to the author, a double level: the media conveyed more information about the church event than it had ever done before, but at the same time, the mass media influenced the discussion of the council fathers. The article also analyzes, through the lens of the Council, the recent relationship between the Catholic Church and the Italian television.  

scholarly journals Marketing Communication of the Catholic Church – a Sign of the Times or Profanation of the Sacred?

Studia Humana ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sławomir Gawroński ◽  
Ilona Majkowska
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Media Relations ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract The Catholic Church – though in popular opinion it is sometimes treated as a stronghold of conservatism, traditionalism, suspicion of progress and novelty, it changed significantly in the second half of the 20th century and continues to change its attitudes, especially in terms of the use of social communication and attitude to the media mass. The Church’s growing openness to media relations and the use of a rich instrumentation of social communication has become one of the reasons for the growing popularity of market orientation among the clergy and active believers, which opens opportunities for the development of the concept of a specific sectoral marketing formula of church marketing. In this article the authors search for the causes of the progressive phenomenon of the marketization of religion, present examples of the activities of the Polish Catholic church, inscribed in the church marketing trend, as well as define the negative consequences resulting from its dissemination. The applied research method is based on the literature analysis and case studies analysis.

scholarly journals Advertising in Communication of the Catholic Church. The Case of Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3(27)) ◽  
pp. 409-425
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Stępniak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Persuasive Communication ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Commercial Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Religious advertising as a kind of religious persuasive communication based on the element of the sacred is a Polish phenomenon. The article presents studies on religious advertising, its definition and typology and reception by select social groups. This kind of advertising confirms not only Hjelm’s concept of the visibility of religion, as it exists in both the media and public sphere, but also David Herbert’s concept of republicisation. In a country without a clear division between State and the Church, despite a well-researched decline in traditional religiosity, religion is visible in social media and facilitates development of human relationships, both online and offline. Commercial media, including the Catholic ones, seem to be perfectly subjugated to the logic of media, which supports Stig Hjarvard’s process of mediatization of religion.

Feminist Theology and the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 632-652
Author(s):  
Susan A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Feminist Theology ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Clergy Sexual Abuse ◽  
Patriarchal Power ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is complex. While first and foremost a terrible violation of victims, it is not only about sex or abuse. It concerns unchecked, divinely sanctioned patriarchal power and its devastating consequences. The author reviews the theological issues at stake, including patriarchy, sexuality and sexual ethics, and sin. She argues that addressing the roots of the crisis calls for taking seriously the contributions of feminist theologians to the thinking of the church, especially about establishing relationships of mutuality and equality between clergy and laity.

scholarly journals O Papa Francisco e a imprensa no Brasil

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (319) ◽  
pp. 424-454
Author(s):  
João Miguel Teixeira de Godoy ◽  
Araripe Valderi Perez Castilho
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Religious Institution ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Este trabalho realiza uma análise sobre a presença da religião no espaço público, mais precisamente, da Igreja católica no noticiário em veículos de comunicação não confessionais. O universo documental será composto por notícias publicadas sobre o Papa Francisco no site do jornal Folha de São Paulo e no G1, portal de notícias da Rede Globo, além do levantamento de documentos oficiais da Instituição religiosa no tocante à comunicação social. A partir dos dados identificados pretende-se demonstrar como pode ser caracterizada a presença da Igreja católica no espaço público através da mídia secular.Abstract: This paper analyzes the presence of religion in the public space, more precisely the Catholic Church in the news of non-denominational media. The documentary universe will be composed of news published about Pope Francis on the website of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo and G1, news portal of Rede Globo, and survey of official documents of the religious institution regarding the media. From the identified data we intend to demonstrate how the presence of the church in the public space can be characterized through secular media.

scholarly journals Agnieszka Łoza, Paweł Beyga, Zaraza w Kościele, wyd. Leksem Studio, Żmigród 2021, ss. 169

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-303
Author(s):  
Bogdan Ferdek
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
The State ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Polish People ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

In the opinion of Bogdan Ferdek, the new book of Agnieszka Łoza and Paweł Beyga is a special theological report on the state of the Church in Poland. During the pandemic time since 2021 the Catholic Church has had to search for solving problems in the Christian community. According to the authors of this new book, in the Polish Catholic Church two kinds of problems can be discovered. Firstly, there is a problem with morality among the clergy, the problems of sexual abuse and teaching the Catholic religion in Polish schools. Conversely, there is a problem related to the secularization of Polish people. Bogdan Ferdek in his review showed that the new book of two young Polish theologians is an answer to very important questions in the Polish Christendom in the time of the pandemic.

scholarly journals The Catholic Church in need of de-clericalisation and moral doctrinal agency: Towards an ethically accountable hierarchical leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Slater
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Current System ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Agent Of Change ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

Under normal circumstances the church would function as an agent of change and transformation, but this article focuses on the church herself that needs radical change if she is to remain relevant in mission and ministry in this current era. Clericalism and the centralisation of hierarchical control can be identified as the root causes of institutional pathology and weakening collegiality. To address clericalism may require the adjustment of seminary training, as in the current system seminarians are nurtured in a sense of separateness, promoting male-ego and feed gender exclusivity and doctrinal self-righteousness. While the seminary was once an instrument of reform in the Catholic Church, established to counter problems such as clerical concubinage and illiteracy, but now it is no longer suitable as it has become the forum that breeds other problems. Priority attention should be paid to purge the church of rampant clericalism, discriminatory scapegoating of gay persons, marginalisation of free thinkers, exclusion of women priests, the perceived moral laxity of family life issues and reception of communion by divorced Catholics without the benefits of annulment. Discrediting the personal authority of the pope is hardly an enlightened option. What ought to be transformed is the centralisation of control and allowing increased localised dominion whereby crises such as sexual abuse scandals could be addressed and solved more speedily and liberally, and limit the need to go to the top for solutions. To wait for centralised, hierarchal structures to deal with urgent issues is not desirable, as speedy accountability is needed to address issues that hurt the church in its entirety.

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