Katoliška Cerkev na Slovenskem in krizno komuniciranje: prvo leto epidemije COVID-19

Abstract

: The author in the article presents and analyses communication of the Catholic Church in Slovenia, using the internet during the first year of the CO - VID-19 epidemics. Quickly changing situation and subsequent changes of direc - tives on national and local levels dictated simultaneous notification of religious workers and faithful regarding directives, affecting religious life. An overview of the posts on the web portal Katoliska-cerkev.si, maintained by the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference, reveals, that the conference didn’t limit itself only on the spiritual or religious life of the institution and the faithful, but they had also posted notifications regarding following general directives for prevention of spreading of the virus, appealed to people to volunteer for caritative and hu - manitarian activities, and also offered not only spiritual, but also psychosocial support to people in the time of the epidemics.