The Joy of Gospel in Slovakia II - Karol Moravčík (editor), Jozef Žuffa (editor) - diskuze

In a commemoration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy which was declared by Pope Francis, and at the occasion of 25 years of free activity of the Catholic Church in Slovakia, there was a collection of texts on the situation of the Church in Slovakia (editors: František Mikloško and Karol Moravčík) published in 2015. It was given a title The Joy of Gospel in Slovakia. This title was chosen, in order to point to the Pope's program expressed in the
document Evangelii gaudium (The Joy of Gospel) released in 2013, while the delving into various areas of life of the Slovak Church should reveal our closeness or our alienation with regard to Pope Francis’s program for the present-day Church.

The book was not met with a positive understanding by the leaders of the Slovak Church, though many people who care about the fate of the Catholic Church have shown joy, gratitude and willingness to cooperate with Pope Francis´s program. Misunderstanding on the part of Catholic public on one hand, and the enthusiasm of many others on the other, led the authors and their colleagues to continue to analyze the situation of the Church in Slovakia, as they compare domestic circumstances with the worldwide situation of Christianity and focus even more on the Francis’s Reform Program. The result of their efforts is a book The Joy of Gospel in Slovakia II with a subtitle Facts and Opinions.

The title of the book points again to the Program of Pope Francis. In the first
více informací a parametry