Kościół i sport w nauczaniu papieża Franciszka

Zbigniew Dziubiński

doi:10.25167/so.5156

Published: 2023-12-23

Vol. 23 (2023)

Church and sports in the teaching of Pope Francis

Zbigniew Dziubiński

Studia Oecumenica

Section: Dialogi międzyreligijne i procesy integracyjne

https://doi.org/10.25167/so.5156

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show the teaching of Pope Francis on sport and the need for the active presence of the Church in its area. The inspiration to take up the issue was the papal document entitled Giving the best of yourself. A Document on the Christian perspective on sport and the human person, but also other statements and positions of Francis on the Church’s responsibility for sport. The work is of a theoretical and review character, in which emphasis is placed on reflection and extraction of the essence of the Pope’s teaching on sport by using existing data. The analyzes carried out show that the Church wants to be responsible for sport, which is a global phenomenon with numerous values that can be used for the full and harmonious development of its participants in terms of fitness and health, socio-cultural and ethical and spiritual. Well-organized sport can be a way to realize the highest humanistic and personalistic values, but also to achieve holiness. The Church, through its pastors and its institutions, participates in all its dimensions and at all stages of development, both in building a theoretical background, justifying its meaning from a philosophical and theological perspective, and in social practice. Pope Francis vision of sport, firmly based on the teachings of his predecessor John Paul II, can constitute an important platform for authentic, ecumenical dialogue with other, non-Catholic denominations.

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sport, Church, teaching of Pope Francis

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