The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization was established by Pope Benedict XVI in motu proprio Ubicumąue et semper (21 September 2010). The mission of evangelization is a continuation of the work of Jesus Christ – the first and supreme evangelizer. The duty of the Church to proclaim always and everywhere the Gospel of Christ cannot be overlooked. The Council, as a new dicastery of the Roman Curia, “pursues its own ends both by encouraging reflection on topics of the new evangelization, and by identifying and promoting suitable ways and means to accomplish it” (art. 2). The purpose of this article is to show the genesis, structure and competences of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. The Council is directed by an archbishop president, assisted by a secretary, by an under-secretary and by an appropriate number of officials. The dicastery will have its own members and may avail itself of its own consultors. The competences of the Council – indicated in Ubicumąue et semper – are: l) to examine the meaning of the new evangelization, 2) to promote and to foster of the papal Magisterium related to the new evangelization, 3) to make known and to support initiatives linked to the new evangelization, 4) to study and to encourage the use of modern forms of communication, 5) to promote the use of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (art. 3). Furthermore, Pope Benedict XVI in motu proprio Fides per Doctrinam (16 January 2013) transferred the competence for catechesis from the Congregation for the Clergy to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.
Fifty years of activity of the Pontifical Council Iustitia et Pax. Evaluation attempt. In 1967 Pope Paul VI established Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax (Justpax) in response of Second Vatican Council, who had proposed the creation an organism of the universal Church, whose role would be to stimulate the Catholic community to promote progress in needy regions and international social justice. After 50-year period Justpax finished the activity. In this article, the Author analyses the activity of the Iustitia et Pax between 1967–2017. The Author shows the historical background, history, structure, objectives and assignments, initiatives of the Justpax.
The aim of the paper will be to explain a variety of notions, especially the notion of „inculturation” and to present its principles, dimensions, areas in the Pope’s teaching as well asin the documents of the Roman Curia. The paper will oscillate around the following issues: historical process of inculturation of Saint Paul, Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius; pontifical documents e.g. apostolic exhortation Catechesi tradendae (1979), encyclical Redemptoris missio (1990), post-synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Africa (1995); papal speeches and statements e.g. to the members of the Pontifical Council for Culture; documents of the RomanCuria e.g. the document of International Theological Commission entitled „Faith and Inculturation” (1988).
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Celem artykułu było wyjaśnienie zwłaszcza pojęcia „inkulturacja” oraz zaprezentowanie m.in. jej zasad, wymiarów, obszarów w nauczaniu papieskim, jak również w dokumentach Kurii Rzymskiej. Opracowanie oscyluje miedzy następującymi kwestiami: historycznym procesem inkulturacji, który występował od samego początku istnienia Kościoła; przykładami pracy inkulturacyjnej [św. Paweł apostoł, święci Cyryl i Metody]; dokumentami papieskimi [adhortacja apostolska Catechesi tradendae (1979), encyklika Redemptoris missio (1990), posynodalna adhortacja Ecclesia in Africa (1995); przemówieniami i wypowiedziami papieskimi np. do członków Papieskiej Rady do spraw Kultury; dokumentami Kurii Rzymskiej [dokument Międzynarodowej Komisji Teologicznej pt. „Wiara i inkulturacja” (1988).
In the spirit of the Second Vatican Council reform, from the treasury of the liturgical tradition the medieval papal rite Resurrexit has been restored; it had been once celebrated in the Sancta Sanctorum private chapel at the Lateran in front of the Acheropìta icon. The rite, with its rich symbols, was introduced again into the papal liturgy in the Jubilee Year 2000 and has been celebrated up till now in the morning of Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Square. In front of the gathered people, the Pope, following the example of St Peter (St John 20, 1-10), by celebrating the rite, in a way becomes again “the first witness” of Christ’s resurrection, and Surrexit Dominus vere et apparuit Simoni. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia solemnly sung by a deacon as well as reverence shown by incensing the Icon introduces one into the mystery of happily experiencing the Eucharist both in the Middle Ages and today.
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