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Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Church Tribunals in the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Monika Menke , Damián Němec

Language: EN | Published: 25-06-2023 | Abstract | pp. 33-57

The article aims to summarize the situation in the church justice system in two aspects. From the distance of several years, it briefly evaluates the application of the norms of the 2015 reform of the matrimonial procedural law of the Catholic Church (the dramatic increase in the number of cases after the reform, the stabilization of the situation after the first years, the low use of the possibility of abbreviated proceedings, etc.). It assesses the impact of the imposed limitations (and people’s worries) in the Czech society during the COVID-19 epidemic on the activity of church tribunals and the search for alternative ways of processing cases (using the example of the Interdiocesan Tribunal in Olomouc).

2023-06-25



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Plenary Council in the Czech Republic (1997—2005)

Monika Menke

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 73-93

This article analyses the preparation, process and conclusions of the Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic held in 1997—2005. The Plenary Council was one of the few manifestations of the collegiality of the Czech Church, because the diocesan synods are not used here as a tool. The Decree on convocation of the Assembly was announced by the Czech and Moravian bishops on 5 July 1997 in Velehrad. The council was also an opportunity for priests and laity in the country to realise their responsibility for the Church and the co-responsibility of the Church for the condition of society. The Council had a preparatory phase (1997—2003), a stage of the 1st Session (July 2003), and a second phase of the Session (July 2005) where the project was completed and followed by the process of post-conciliar steps. Three final messages were the immediate output from the Second Plenary Session: the Message of the Council to the Public; the Message of the Council to the Believers of the Catholic Church and the Message of the Council to Christians in the Czech Republic. The resulting document was published in 2007 under the title The Life and Mission of Christians in the Church and the World. It was a document of a pastoral nature, in no way of a normative nature (no rules were actually adopted despite the work of the commission and the proposals). The Czech situation is described as “post-Christian missionary territory” there and — estimated the course of the conciliar process and of the Council itself — as an introduction of more intensive implementation of synodality in the Czech Church.

2020-12-31



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Legal Regulation of Care for Mixed Marriages in Selected Central European Countries Comparison and Proposals

Damián Němec

Language: PL | Published: 30-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 81-102

This article presents the modalities of legal regulation regarding mixed marriages in the Catholic Church in selected countries of Central Europe: Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Germany, and Austria. In the comparative part, it presents a comparison of the solutions in the following areas: announcement before marriage, declaration before requesting permission for a mixed marriage, mandate for permission for marriage, dispensation from the canonical form and possibilities of access to the sacrament of the Eucharist in mixed marriages. In the synthesizing part, it presents not only an evaluation of the solutions described and suggestions for their improvement, but also the way in which the relevant regulations and forms are issued and published from the point of view of pastoral care and the openness of the Church. In the appendix, it discusses the legal solution to similar situations (marriage of a Catholic party with an unbaptized person and with a Catholic party distant from Christian faith and practice) and presents in a framework the draft directive of the Bishops’ Conference for mixed and similar marriages in the Czech Republic.

2023-12-30



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Pastoral Care of Migrants in the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic

Dámian Němec

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 71-89

This article deals with the pastoral care of migrants in the Czech Republic. It starts from a description of the ethnic composition of inhabitants of the Czech Republic and of permanently settled foreigners from 1918 to the present. It also acquaints the reader with the principles and individual structures of pastoral care for migrants coming from special Church documents and codes of canon law. On this basis, it presents specific structures existing in the Czech Republic and evaluates them.

2021-12-31



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Církevní právo, 2. přepracované a doplněné vydání [Church Law, the 2nd revised and completed edition] Eds. Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák Praha: Leges, 2021

Monika Menke

Language: PL | Published: 25-06-2023 | Abstract | pp. 157-160

Review of book: „Církevní právo, 2. přepracované a doplněné vydání“ [Church Law, 2^nd revised and completed edition], Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, Praha: Leges, 2021, 2. ed. 440 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-535-7 presents an important work by two authors, dealing with church law in general and specifically in the Czech Republic, which forms the basic corpus of textbooks together with two other publications by the same authors, which are discussed in the review. It introduces readers to the method, content and significance of this publication.

2023-06-25



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

„Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe": Czech Republic Compiled, annotated and authored by Damián Němec and Zora Hesová Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021, pp. 130.

Stanislav Přibyl

Language: PL | Published: 10-08-2022 | Abstract | pp. 183-186

Review of the said book created by doc. Stanislav Přibyl.

2022-08-10



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Jakub Kříž: Nepatřičné právo Příspěvky ke studiu nespravedlivých zákonů [Inappropriate Law: Contributions to the Study of Unjust Laws] Prague: Leges, 2022

Stanislav Přibyl

Language: EN | Published: 29-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 153-156

Jakub Kříž: Nepatřičné právo Příspěvky ke studiu nespravedlivých zákonů [Inappropriate Law: Contributions to the Study of Unjust Laws] Prague: Leges, 2022

2023-12-29



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

Jirí Dvorácek: Die Apostolische Exarchie in der Tschechischen Republik. Studien zur Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft einer griechisch-katholischen Ostkirche [Eichstätter Studien — Neue Folge. Band 83]. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 2020. 272 pp.

Dámian Němec

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 159-161

Die Apostolische Exarchie in der Tschechischen Republik. Studien zur Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft einer griechisch-katholischen Ostkirche [The Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic. Studies on the history, the present, and the future of an Eastern Greek Catholic Church] [Eichstätter Studien — Neue Folge. Band 83]. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 2020. 272 pp.

2021-12-31



Journal: Ecumeny and Law

“The Night of the Churches” — a Pastoral Response to the Challenges of the Exhortation Ecclesia in Europa

Damián Němec

Language: PL | Published: 30-06-2024 | Abstract | pp. 103-124

This article presents the Night of the Churches as one of the possible and effective responses to the challenges discussed in Pope John Paul II’s 2003 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Europa, and introduces the history, spread and purpose of this activity. It focuses in detail on its implementation in the Czech Republic since 2009, with special emphasis on the years 2000—2002, marked by the pandemic of COVID-19. It also tries to show its positives (chances) and negatives (pitfalls). In this way, it can serve not only as a recapitulation of past actions, but also as an inspiration, especially for countries where this activity is not widespread and often not even known.

2024-06-30