{"title":"An unfinished story of conversion: clerical sexual abuse in Poland","authors":"Paulina Guzik","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1827963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1827963","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Poland is one of the most Catholic countries in the world. 33 million out of its 38 million people (92.9% of its population) declare themselves to be Roman Catholic. Church initiatives for the needy, whether poor or immigrants, are everywhere. The Church is a robust and influential institution, strengthened by the pontificate of the Polish Pope, John Paul II, who is considered not only a saint but also a national hero. In many aspects, Poles could be put as an example for Catholics in other countries. But there is an issue in which the Church is not at the vanguard: the fight against sexual abuse. Recent cases have eroded the solid trust Polish people put in their Church. More recently, the documentary Tell No One, released in two parts in May 2019 and May 2020, was a turning point, and the confidence in the institution visibly plummeted. This case study tells the recent story of the issue of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Poland, its lights and its shadows. The paper ends with some suggestions for a trust recovery strategy, as recommendations for both Church authorities and their communication offices.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"417 - 455"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1827963","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48972330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transparency as a means to rebuild trust within the Church: a case study in how Catholic dioceses and eparchies in the United States have responded to the clergy sex abuse crisis","authors":"Patrick M. O’Brien","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1827962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1827962","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The United States comprises 197 dioceses and eparchies. With the sexual abuse crisis affecting every one of those dioceses in some way, the clarion call from the laity and media for transparency within the Church became deafening. In the midst of this crisis and the calls for more transparency, a central question arose: how transparent are U.S. dioceses about their handling of clergy sexual abuse? This led to further questions regarding how many dioceses have had a review of clergy files and released the names of clergy abusers; how many make it easy to report abuse; and how many have a complete online resource as their response. At the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) fall 2018 meeting, the chair of the National Review Board (NRB), Francesco Cesareo, Ph.D., offered five key recommendations to increase accountability and transparency. In light of these recommendations, FAITH Catholic researchers reviewed and analyzed what steps U.S. dioceses are taking to achieve transparency. We concluded by developing criteria to enable diocesan leaders to understand more clearly what U.S. dioceses are already doing, or not yet doing, related to implementing those recommendations.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"456 - 483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1827962","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46666023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"British government communication during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: learning from high reliability organizations","authors":"Karen B. Sanders","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1824582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1824582","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines British government communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing how it aligns to the communicational characteristics of high reliability organizations (HROs). The central proposition of the study is that HROs’ organizational culture enables and cultivates effective, ethical communication that, in turn, enhances the trust and engagement of stakeholders and citizens. A thematic content analysis of the UK prime minister’s public communication about the new coronavirus outbreak, examining televised statements, news briefings and prime minister’s questions from January to June 2020, shows that the British prime minister’s initial approach to communication about the virus was complacent about the country’s preparedness and capacity to control the disease’s spread. No errors were admitted in any of the government’s subsequent handling of the pandemic nor were mistakes acknowledged in the actions of those in or advising government. These approaches to communication are at odds with those adopted by HROs. The study suggests that lessons can be learnt from HRO practices for communication in high risk environments. They are also applicable to organizations that have experienced historical difficulties both in admitting errors and in fostering a transparent, responsive communicational culture.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"356 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1824582","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42159586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Old dilemmas in new robes: the dynamics of influence in the digital age","authors":"H. Keefe","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1826334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1826334","url":null,"abstract":"No one doubts that the development and spread of internet technologies have generated new possibilities for influencing people and communicating ideas, especially by increasing individual agency. B...","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"505 - 507"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1826334","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43370009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It’s all about oxitocyn","authors":"José M. Díaz-Dorronsoro","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1821730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1821730","url":null,"abstract":"Paul J. Zak is an American neuroeconomist who explores the relationships between the brain and the economy. In particular, he is interested in knowing what physio-neural mechanisms determine or int...","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"502 - 504"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1821730","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44566608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In order to be trustworthy, raise proper expectations","authors":"J. Narbona","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1822749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1822749","url":null,"abstract":"In a global and interconnected society that shares questions and abounds in solutions, the question is not only what to trust, but also who to trust. This problem has become particularly acute as a...","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"508 - 510"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1822749","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45177381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What kind of trust in the Church? A theological reflection","authors":"M. Vanzini","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1825099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1825099","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract What does it mean to trust in the Church? The Church is a unique subject, whose identity and mission must be understood in order to determine which form of trust in her is the most appropriate. Understanding the Church as the mystery of the presence of God, who humbles himself to accompany human beings in human reality and history allows us to recognize that she can only present herself as a paradoxical phenomenon, characterized by tensions, the most serious of which is that between holiness and sin. This essay outlines the identity of the Church as a mystery and a paradox, and refers in particular to the thought of Henri de Lubac as support. A keener awareness of the paradoxical nature of the Church, which emerged in the twentieth century, led to significant gestures such as the request for forgiveness made by John Paul II in the Jubilee at the start of the new millennium. Evil in the Church provokes scandal and inevitably leads to a loss of trust. Paradoxically, however, a faith based on God and his promise can subsist, and it allows us to make sense of evil itself, without justifying it. It becomes an occasion for a greater revelation of God’s mercy on the Church herself, and on the world.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"378 - 395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1825099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45185576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication and leadership go hand in hand","authors":"Gema Bellido","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1821729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1821729","url":null,"abstract":"In Strategic Leadership and Communication Management, Gregory and Willis – both professors at the University of Huddersfield – present a framework to help communication professionals articulate and...","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"499 - 501"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1821729","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41555563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The fragile tenets of trust","authors":"J. Narbona, J. Pujol, A. Gregory","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1825975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1825975","url":null,"abstract":"Year after year, surveys measuring the level of trust toward the main social institutions show predominantly negative data. Statistics from Ipsos (2019), Gallup (2020) and Edelman (2020) place gove...","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"293 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1825975","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43956870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joseph Ratzinger as Doctor of Incarnate Beauty","authors":"T. Rowland","doi":"10.1080/23753234.2020.1768130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1768130","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper argues that Joseph Ratzinger is a theologian with the stature of a Church Doctor, notwithstanding the fact that he did not develop a theological system in the manner of other ‘big name’ theologians of the twentieth century such as Karl Barth, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The author argues that it is Ratzinger’s manner of responding to the contemporary crisis in fundamental theology that is his outstanding intellectual contribution to the life of the Church, along with his effect of a Christocentric turn in magisterial theology and his defence of beauty within his theology of culture.","PeriodicalId":36858,"journal":{"name":"Church, Communication and Culture","volume":"5 1","pages":"235 - 247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23753234.2020.1768130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45170096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}