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Aim of this thesis is to analyse causes of reserved stance of the Roman Catholic Church towards Delors' initiative Heart and Soul for Europe. Research comes out from initial presumption that engagement of the Chuch in the initiative could be beneficial for Her. With respect to John Paul's II appeal to Western secularised society to return back to its Christian roots, Pope could have perceived Delors' initiative as an appropriate opportunity how to promote Catholic teaching in European policies. However, the Roman Catholic Church has not officially joined the initiative which was due to two reasons: Firstly, Pope strongly adhered to the principle of separation spiritual issues from European policies. Spiritual issues should be administered by the Church, not European institutions. Secondly, for the Catholic Church, Delors' initiative was also problematic from the perspective of the set-up of the dialogue. The dialogue was grounded on multi-level meetings (both within national and supranational bodies) based on wide consensus-seeking debate. Such way of dialogue was hard to embrace by the Catholic Church, which worked more authoritatively within its hierarchical structure. Therefore, it would be very complicated for the Church to adapt on such form of dialogue and effectively promote its teaching.... |
