"Una ricerca di dottorato triennale ha indagato il rapporto tra i seminaristi in Italia e i social media. L’indagine, di cui vengono pubblicati qui i risultati, è stata condotta sotto la responsabilità scientifica della Facoltà di Scienze della Comunicazione sociale dell’Università Pontifici
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a Salesiana, promossa dall’Associazione dei WebCattolici Italiani (WeCa) – grazie alla disponibilità dei seminaristi e dei Rettori dei Seminari maggiori d’Italia – in collaborazione con l’Ufficio nazionale per la Pastorale delle Vocazioni e l’Ufficio per le Comunicazioni Sociali della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (CEI). Più libri in un solo testo: lo stato della questione del rapporto dei giovani con i social media e dei pro e contro di tale relazione; la ricostruzione del cammino della presenza della Chiesa italiana nell’ambiente digitale dagli anni precedenti il 2000 sino ad oggi; le nuove tecnologie e la pastorale durante il lockdown; un focus sulla formazione nei Seminari; una fotografia aggiornata e, a tratti inedita, dei seminaristi in Italia, e i risultati della ricerca." (Descrizione della casa editrice)
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"On November 8, 2021, a French court sentenced Lebanese priest Mansour Labaky to 15 years in prison in absentia. Labaky’s name has been added to the list of registered sex offenders. The court also announced that the arrest warrant issued against him in 2016 shall remain in force. The priest was c
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harged with rape and sexual assault of three underage girls during his time running an orphanage, between 1990 and 1998, in the French town of Douvres-la-Délivrande. Back in 2012, he was also convicted by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting the three minors. The verdict was upheld on appeal in 2013. [...] This study aims to analyse the media coverage of Labaky’s case, in particular from Monday, November 8, 2021 – date of the court’s verdict – to the end of the same month. It is based on the content of 14 Lebanese media platforms, including television stations, newspapers, and websites, as well as the public’s reaction to their coverage on social media, particularly Twitter. Five TV stations were monitored: LBCI, Al-Manar, Al-Jadeed, MTV, and OTV. Furthermore, three newspapers (An-Nahar, Al-Akhbar, and Nida’ Al-Watan) and six online media outlets (Daraj, Megaphone, Janoubia, Bint Jbeil, Lebanon Debate, and Lebanon Files) were also monitored." (Pages 31-32)
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"Thomas Großbölting zeichnet die Geschichte des sexuellen Missbrauchs in der katholischen Kirche nach, für den er - zumal in den ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnten – ein Ineinandergreifen von binnenkirchlichem Selbst- und Machtverständnis, religiöser Sozialisation und gesellschaftlichen Strukturen
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erkennt und die Praxis des jahrzehntelangen Vertuschens anprangert. Wer wurde und wird unter welchen Umständen zum Täter? Welche Rollen lassen sich dem Umfeld der Taten und der kirchlichen Hierarchie zuordnen? Wie sind, verglichen etwa mit den USA, wo Gerichte und Medien die Aufklärung sexuellen Missbrauchs in der Kirche vorantreiben oder dem staatlichen Engagement in Irland, die Zurückhaltung der deutschen Politik oder das Agieren der katholischen Kirche zu bewerten? Welche Perspektiven ergeben sich aus den zahlreichen Missbrauchsfällen für Staat, Gesellschaft und die katholische Kirche selbst, besonders aber für die Rechte und Erwartungen Betroffener? Viel zu lange, resümiert Großbölting, sei es um den Schutz der Institution und der Täter gegangen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"El presente artículo empieza explicando, a partir de los documentos del Magisterio de la Iglesia, la vinculación ontológica entre sacerdocio ministerial y comunicación. Sigue mostrando los resultados de una encuesta llevada a cabo en los seminarios españoles, sobre el estado actual de la forma
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ción académica de los seminaristas en dicho ámbito. El estudio subraya el contraste entre la sensibilidad positiva hacia el tema y la falta de aplicación de proyectos concretos, visto que son muy pocos los seminarios que actualmente cuentan con un curso de comunicación. Tras sugerir las causas de tal desajuste, se proponen algunas líneas de actuación que permitan corregir las deficiencias formativas en este campo. Si bien la parte central del artículo está basada en el caso español, pensamos que la mayor parte de las reflexiones gozan de una aplicación universal." (Resumen)
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"La vida, obra y legado del “obispo de los indios”, como hemos visto en los diferentes capítulos del libro, es un referente que se nos ofrece siempre actual; no es el volver sobre lo mismo, sobre lo sabido, es, en cada momento, la oportunidad de descubrir y redescubrir las intuiciones de quien,
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fiel al evangelio, a la Iglesia y a los pobres, nos sigue acompañando en nuestro caminar y en nuestra opción de la misma forma en que lo hiciera aquel caminante encontradizo con los tristes y decepcionados hombres que regresaban por el camino de Emaús. Las contribuciones a este libro nos revelan unas actitudes y prácticas, que siempre serán bienvenidas a la hora de acercarnos a ese pueblo, que se nos presenta de manera tan diversa para escucharlo e intentar, al menos, hacer nuestras sus dolencias y frustraciones. Pudimos observar, asimismo, a un hombre de fe y mucho amor, que fue capaz de desatar procesos que otros ni siquiera hubieran imaginado a nivel eclesial, social, organizativo y comunitario." (Conclusión general, página 210)
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"Esta pesquisa tem por escopo averiguar como se dá a construção da identidade do sacerdote católico no ciberespaço no contexto da intersecção entre comunicação, cibercultura e religião. Considerando que a identidade é construída por meio de narrativas, a investigação tem por objetivo a
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nalisar as identidades produzidas no ciberespaço a partir dos recursos técnicos disponibilizados na ambiência digital, mais especificamente no site pessoal do sacerdote. Inicialmente, a investigação busca, na filosofia, a fundamentação teórica da identidade a partir dos pensadores da antiguidade: Heráclito, Parmênides e Aristóteles, e da modernidade: René Descartes, David Hume e John Locke. Em seguida situa a identidade no contexto da cultura, recorrendo a autores como Stuart Hall, Anthony Giddens e Zygmunt Bauman, cuja realidade abarca as invenções técnicas no campo da comunicação, que queremos aprofundar auxiliando-nos dos estudos de Marshall McLuhan, Douglas Kellner e Dominique Wolton e especificamente o ciberespaço, nas sendas de pesquisadores como Pierre Levy, Lucia Santaella e André Lemos. Sopesando que o objeto de análise, no contexto do ciberespaço, é a identidade do sacerdote católico, a segunda parte da investigação visa situar o sacerdote na instituição “Igreja Católica” e a aprofundar a relação desta como a comunicação, buscando referencial teórico nos Documentos da Igreja e em pesquisadores como Joana Puntel, Antonio Spadaro, Jorge Miklos e Moisés Sbardelotto. Por fim, na terceira parte, a investigação, por meio de método qualitativo, analisa sites de quatro conhecidos sacerdotes da mídia brasileira (Pe. Reginaldo Manzotti, Pe. Marcelo Rossi, Pe. Juarez de Castro e Pe. Fábio de Melo), no sentido de delinear como são construídas e desconstruídas suas identidades nas estratégias programadas da plataforma digital." (Resumo)
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"We all have many strands in our lives. In this memoir, Peter Malone takes us through his various strands. He is a man of a certain vintage, mainly Irish heritage. He grew up as a Catholic in a pre-Vatican II Church. His call was to a religious congregation from the late 1950s and to priesthood from
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the mid-1960s. For many years he worked in religious formation in his congregation and taught theology and Old Testaments Studies, as part of the Melbourne College of Divinity. But, in different ways throughout the years, there was always the cinema strand, reviewing, writing, seminars and heading up the Catholic Church's international cinema organisation and then SIGNIS, The World Catholic Association for Communication." (Back cover)
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"Pour concilier les exigences de la vie consacrée et l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies de la communication, il devient indispensable de se former et de former les autres à la culture médiatique. Ce livre ouvre des pistes pour comprendre les médias comme des chances et des défis pour la v
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ie communautaire et les voeux de chasteté, de pauvreté et d'obéissance. Car l'internet et le téléphone portables, bien utilisés, favorisent l'approfondissement de la foi et le don de soi." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"This ‘Investigation’ on Pastoral Communication programs of seven Seminaries or Theological Schools in Metro Manila reflects the situation and challenges for priestly formation in this field. The results are consolidated with some 230 questionnaires from participating seminarians and interviews
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with their ‘formators’. They are also placed into the general teachings and requirements of the Church for priestly formation. The study originates from the Pastoral Communication Program of the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila. It should also be applicable to other places and countries in Asia." (Publisher description)
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"Rather than being marginal to American popular culture, Catholic people, places, and rituals are all central to the world of the movie. Catholics in the Movies begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to the ways that films appear in culture and describes the broad trends that can be
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seen in the movies' hundred-year history of representing Catholics. Each chapter is written by a noted scholar of American religion who concentrates on one movie engaging important historical, artistic, and religious issues. Each then places the film within American cultural and social history, discusses the film as an expression of Catholic concerns of the period, and relates the film to others of its genre." (Publisher description)
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"Die autobiographischen Aufzeichnungen Jean Bernards aus dem Jahre 1945 geben in klarer, eindrucksvoller Sprache, ohne Pathos und Wehleidigkeit, ein erschütterndes Zeugnis vom Leben und Sterben im Konzentrationslager Dachau. Das Original zum Film "Der Neunte Tag" von Volker Schlöndorff." (Verlagsb
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"This book documents the inputs and final statement of the third “Bishops’ Institute for Social Communication” (BISCOM III Samphran, Thailand 2001), a first time gathering of seminary rectors, formators and Church-communication experts on a common theme. It is insightful, bringing together vas
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t experiences of eight resource persons from Asia and US. The resolve is for clergy and religious to acquire skills, but more to be formed in the communicating disposition, attitude and person of Christ." (Publisher description)
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"Christopher Owen Lynch's biography of Fulton Sheen is a bit like the effusive bishop himself: best when ecumenical and problematic when stretching metaphors. Lynch's premises are sound. He argues that Sheen's "Life is Worth Living" TV series helped bring Catholicism into the American mainstream. Sh
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een's homilies aired between 1952 and 1957, a crucial period in American life marked by Cold War fears and pressures for conformity. By linking the church of Rome to Cold War anti-communism, Sheen equated Catholicism with Americanism. This helped reverse an historical association between Catholicism and immigrants and repaired reputational damage by Father Charles Coughlin in the 1930s. Lynch is also on target when identifying Sheen as the prototype of modern televangelists. In many respects Sheen was the heir to Bruce Barton, taking full advantage of TV's still-limited commercial possibilities. Sheen played to the camera, used dramatic lighting, didactic props, and pithy sound bites to convey his messages. Like Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, Sheen used the prestige of his office to spin teleological but apocryphal tales. His insistence on wearing his cassock on-camera lent authority to a telegenic performance. Lynch deftly contrasts Sheen with his main competition: Billy Graham and Norman Vincent Peale. As a Catholic rooted in Thomist scholasticism, Sheen rejected the Calvinist predestination of Graham and the soothing nostrums of Peale. Lynch demonstrates how Sheen appealed to the medieval past to strike a balance between materialism and spirituality. The effect was a theology that was more redemptive than Graham's, but imbued with a stronger sense of sin than Peale's [...] Overall, Lynch offers a provocative but insufficiently analytical look at a neglected pioneer of the electronic pulpit. Selling Catholicism is worthwhile for what it reveals about how Sheen sold the Church of Rome as an American commodity. It is less successful when the author feels compelled to continue the sales pitch." (https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=3221, July 1999)
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