Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana (Dec 2020)
Implementacja posynodalnej adhortacji apostolskiej "Amoris laetitia" papieża Franciszka w duszpasterstwie związków nieregularnych w diecezji płockiej
Abstract
The publication of the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Amoris laetitia" in the spring of 2016 met with a response in the Diocese of Płock. The main purpose of the article is to describe how the papal guidelines were implemented in the diocese regarding non-sacramental relationships and marriages. The text briefly presents the history of the pastoral care of non-sacramental marriages in Mazovia and then discusses the contemporary forms of accompanying people in irregular situations in light of the paradigm of Pope Francis, expressed in the verbs: accept – accompany – discern – integrate. In the Diocese of Płock, this was expressed not only in the establishment of a new Department for Families in the diocesan curia and the creation of new pastoral structures for non-sacramental marriages, which the pope called “irregular” situations or relationships but also in theological and pastoral reflection undertaken among pastors and laypeople. This issue was developed in a special way in the document Vademecum of Pastoral Care of People Living in Irregular Unions in the Diocese of Płock from 2018, prepared by those responsible for the pastoral care of families and signed by the bishop of Płock. The document was an attempt to implement the teaching of the pope in the conditions of the Church of Płock. The Diocese of Płock is the only diocese in Poland to date to undertake the task of a practical, pastoral confrontation of the indications of the "Amoris laetitia" exhortation in the pastoral reality. The Vademecum text contains numerous specific answers to the questions of how people living in various types of irregular relationships can participate in the life of the parish and what forms of participation in the community of the Church are unavailable to them for various reasons.
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