Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s Solicitude for Freedom of Science Cover Image

Troska kard. Karola Wojtyły o wolność nauki
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s Solicitude for Freedom of Science

Author(s): Jan Dyduch
Subject(s): Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Karol Wojtyła; John Paul II; the Commission for Catholic Science and the Academic Council at Episcopal Conference in Poland; freedom of science; communist dictatorship

Summary/Abstract: Karol Wojtyła as archbishop of Kraków defended freedom of Catholic scienti c re- search demanding from civil communist authorities in Poland autonomy for Catholic and church universities and high schools. It was his initiative to establish the Commission for Catholic Science and the Academic Council at Episcopal Conference in Poland. e main aim of the bodies was to protect independence of Catholic scienti c research. Wojtyła as John Paul II, as the Shepard of the Universal Church, took care of the freedom of science in general.

  • Issue Year: 9/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-16
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish