Duszpasterskie i naukowe związki Karola Wojtyły - Jana Pawła II z Kościołem na Górnym Śląsku : rekonesans badawczy

Abstract

Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a considerable impact on the development of the univer-sal and local Church, strengthening the bond between the Churches of the Metropolis of Krakow. The pontifi cate of John Paul II gave a new direction of the papacy by opening the Church to ethical, moral, philosophical and social problems. Encyclicals, exhortations, ad-dresses, pastoral letters and the whole pastoral and theological heritage of the Holy Father have been an incentive to undertake further research by academics and students of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The results of these studies are refl ected in the pages of „Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne” and the dissertations of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Silesia. The problems addressed by the Pope have inspired the local academic community to refl ect on the papal teaching.