2025-12-17
Antoni Jucewicz
The purpose of this article was an attempt to answer the question of upbringing for love in the family in the face of modern cultural and social phenomena. In the light of the analysis undertaken, it was shown that in the upbringing to mature love, an important and irreplaceable role is played by the family, the permanent and strong bond of spouses and the atmosphere of love, which is conducive to the formation of a balanced emotionality of children, starting from the prenatal period and infancy. The child is born as a “great need for love” and is the fruit of the parents’ love, and then witnesses it. The satisfied need for love, acceptance, presence as the child develops, spontaneously transforms into the need to show love. In this way, the child undergoes the most important process of internalizing love - from receiving it (love as a need) to giving it (love as a gift). The deepened faith of the parents, the example set by the Christian life, participation in the life of the local Church and formation communities, living the word of God and the use of the sacraments provide a religious foundation for the formation of love. A very important factor in strengthening families is participation in formation and evangelization communities. Participation in these communities, in addition to the main goal of mature faith formation, also provides a valuable educational environment for children and adolescents, widens the circle of positive personal and Christian identification, provides support during crises of faith, is a place to establish deep friendships.
2025-12-17
Oksana Petinova, Kateryna Tkachenko
In the context of Ukraine’s struggle for statehood, cultural sovereignty, and subjectivity on the world stage, the category of national competence acquires fundamental significance in the philosophy of education. The article substantiates the need to introduce this category into the philosophical and educational discourse as an integrative construct that reflects the axiological, ontological, gnoseological, and praxeological dimensions of personal development in national and cultural coordinates. STEAM education is analyzed as an innovative tool for shaping national competence in the context of postcolonial deconstruction and digital modernization of Ukrainian society. The emphasis is on the educational potential of interdisciplinary STEAM projects, including media art, VR exhibitions, sound and digital design, algorithmic modeling, project-based learning (PBL), etc. These technologies contribute to the formation of a value-oriented national identity through symbolic, emotionally rich, and socially engaged learning. National competence is understood as a meta-paradigmatic category of contemporary philosophy of education that serves as a response to the challenges of war, colonial heritage, and globalization.
2025-12-17
Renata Pomarańska
The year 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Evangelium vitae by John Paul II. A document that is an appeal for respect for human life in every phase of its existence. Although the encyclical focuses mainly on bioethics and morality related to unborn life, the sick and the dying, it also contains messages that can be an inspiration for people caring for children deprived of parental care. The aim of the article is to analyze how the principles contained in Evangelium vitae, such as respect for the dignity of the human person, can serve as an inspiration for a foster family in which children should experience respect, love and safety. The article consists of three parts: the first discusses the forms of love in the foster family, the second concerns the protection of the dignity and physical life of the child, and the third focuses on caring for the child’s emotional, mental and spiritual development.
2025-12-17
Adam Jaszcz
Crimes related to abuse of the weakest members of the Church have caused one of the most serious crises in the history of the Church. Among the various actions taken to overcome crisis situations, an important role is played by the amendment of the code book containing the provisions of penal canon law. The article examines the amended law in the light of the hopes and expectations of the faithful. The reform set the direction towards which the community would move, establishing and applying the law as an instrument for eliminating abuse and restoring justice.
2025-12-17
Magdalena Jaworska, Michał Klementowicz
John Italos (1025–1085), a prominent Byzantine philosopher, was not regarded by his contemporaries as a great rhetorician. However, even from an early age, he did make a name for himself as a dialectician and polemicist. For this reason, his treatise, Methodos Rhetorikê garnered considerable attention. The present article seeks to demonstrate that this important work possesses some key intellectual elements relevant to rhetoric. Besides the title of the work, Italos’ references to the Aristotelian view of the art of speech demonstrates such relevance. In particular, we highlight the use of syllogisms and the notion of the distinctiveness of rhetoric from controversy and dialectic. At the same time, the eleventh century scholar’s proposal includes elements of rhetoric that depart from the Stagirites’ views, such as ways of understanding the ethos of the speaker, certain principles related to argumentation, and the relationship between rhetoric and ethics. Our analysis of Italos’ work makes it possible to appreciate the reception of classical rhetorical content in the Eastern Roman Empire in 11th century.
2025-12-17
Andrzej Derdziuk
The text discusses the history of the Hosiusian Studies Laboratory at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Lublin. Before its establishment at the Catholic University of Lublin, it already had its stage of activity in Olsztyn, where it worked for the historical commission in the beatification process of Cardinal Stanislaw Hosius. The article first presents the figure of the cardinal from Warmia and the history of the investigation of the heroicity of his virtues and fame of sanctity. The contribution of Fr. Alojzy Szorc, who presided over the work of the described research unit in Olsztyn, was marked, and the figure of Fr. Roland Prejs, who was appointed head of the laboratory in Lublin, was pointed out. The study of the issue made use of archival materials at the Catholic University of Lublin, as well as studies on the figure of Hosius and the history of the laboratory named after him in Olsztyn. The method of analysis and synthesis and the historical method were used.
2025-12-17
Marek Żmudziński
The scientific purpose of the article is to justify the charism of the infallibility of the Bishop of Rome in connection with the infallibility of the entire ecclesial community, in accordance with the tradition of the Church. Bearing in mind the controversy over the origins of the dogma promulgated in 1870 and the accusations of the incompatibility of this truth with the centuries-old heritage, the problem of its proper interpretation is posed, contained in the formula of Benedict XVI – the hermeneutics of continuity. The process of argument is based on a theological explanation of the concept of infallibility. Then, in the historical context of the deliberations of Vatican I, the opposing interpretive positions are presented, as well as the process of developing a moderate concept that allowed its acceptance by all participants in the Council. The teaching of Vaticanum II, which reaffirmed the dogma by describing the infallibility of the pope in connection with the infallibility of the Church, was identified as a key criterion for the hermeneutic of continuity. The final element of the argument is an analysis of the papal teaching documents ex cathedra, resulting in the confirmed unity of the entire Church in the transmission of the truths of the faith.
2025-12-17
Oleksiy Kiykov
This article develops a philosophy of hybrid management as a virtue-rooted practice for acting wisely under uncertainty. Grounded in Aristotelian practical wisdom (phronesis), it integrates agile iteration, prudent risk governance, values-oriented inquiry, emotional education, and phenomenology-informed knowledge creation into a single architecture of managerial reasoning. The paper proposes an organizational „constitution” built on five commitments–value clarity, dialogical sense-making, prudent experimentation, capability cultivation, and ethical guardrails – showing how hybridity reconciles rules and improvisation without lapsing into technocracy or relativism. Drawing examples from public administration, higher education, and business, it argues that hybrid governance enhances resilience, legitimacy, and ethicalcoherence while preserving innovation. The account reframes decision quality as a social achievement enabled by collective phronesis and institutional design. It positions uncertainty as a field for character formation and purpose clarification, not a defect to be engineered away. The result is a portable framework for organizations seeking disciplined flexibility in post-digital conditions.
2025-12-17
Marek Jodkowski
In 1886, after the death of Bishop Jan Nepomucen Marwicz of Chełmno Diocese, the Chełmno Cathedral Chapter initially refrained from electing a diocesan administrator because of the need for him to take an oath of loyalty and obedience to the Prussian king and state law, which was the aftermath of the kulturkampf. After the relaxation of state legislation, Canon Leon Redner was elected administrator. From the outset, the state authorities rejected candidates for the episcopal see in Pelplin associated with the Polish community, above all the canons of the chapter who represented the so-called Polish faction. From the list of candidates initially prepared by the chapter, the only person acceptable to the state authorities turned out to be the provost Gustav Wanjura. However, the selection by the chapter could not be made on the basis of a single candidate. In addition, the favourite of the state authorities was rejected by the Holy See. In order not to prolong the vacancy on the episcopal capital, Leo XIII forced the chapter to suspend its right to elect a bishop. Direct negotiations between the Holy See and the Prussian government led to the nomination of Canon Leon Redner as Bishop of Chełmno Diocese. The papal breve was promulgated on 16 November 1886. He was ordained bishop on 9 January 1887 in Pelplin Cathedral by the Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań, Juliusz Dinder.
2025-12-17
Oleksandr Horban, Ruslana Martych
The article explores the formation and development of humanitarian security within the context of higher education, emphasizing its critical role amid rapid digital transformation and emerging societal challenges. It highlights the primary threats to humanitarian security - disinformation, algorithmic manipulation, and cognitive overload - and underscores the necessity of fostering critical thinking as a key cognitive tool to build individual and collective resilience. The study presents a triadic educational model based on competency development, media literacy integration, and ethical guideline formation to counteract information threats. Furthermore, it situates higher education as a space for worldview formation, moral reflection, and social integration, facilitating the cultivation of bioethical awareness and cultural diversity. Universities are portrayed as vital institutions that promote humanitarian resilience, moral responsibility, and inclusive dialogue, acting as both knowledge centers and social mobilizers, particularly in times of crisis. The article argues that higher education’s mission transcends traditional knowledge transfer by fostering a responsible, critically thinking citizenry capable of sustaining freedom, dignity, and justice in a complex world. Practical recommendations include integrating humanitarian security into curricula, expanding bioethical competence, reinforcing university autonomy, and enhancing international cooperation to ensure sustainable development and peace.
2025-12-17
Karol Jasiński
The purpose of the article is to present an understanding of the miracle in the context of the concept of the ‘saturated phenomenon’ by the French philosopher of religion Jean-Luc Marion. The analysis consists of three main parts. In the first, Marion’s understanding of the miracle as a sign (of God making the impossible possible) and a phenomenon (characterised by an excess of content) will be presented against the background of the other approaches. In the second, the main features of the concept of the saturated phenomenon are presented (gratuitousness of the gift, appearance, excess of intuition over intention, types of saturated phenomena). In the third, the interpretation of this phenomenon in the context of the issue of the miracle is addressed (endless hermeneutics, the power of interpretation as a subjective criterion for its acceptance, the primacy of subjectivising interpretation over objectivising one).
2025-12-17
Serhii Terepyshchyi
This article develops the Hospitable Translanguaging Lifeworld (HTL) as a phenomenological framework for understanding displaced students’ classroom experience at the intersection of language, identity, and educational hospitality. Synthesizing recent research from Poland, Germany, Norway, and the Czech Republic alongside our prior studies, we theorize five mutually reinforcing dimensions – recognition, semiotic openness (translanguaging as epistemic practice), temporal continuity (bridges across support and mainstream spaces), networked belonging (heterophilous peer ties), and epistemic dignity (status as credible knower). We show how monolingual assessment regimes, unbridged pull-out models, and legal-bureaucratic logics produce “spaces of nonrecognition,” while translanguaging-aligned instruction, designed handoffs, and democratic classroom routines convert formal access into felt inclusion. The framework yields policy moves that render hospitality auditable without reducing it to paperwork: enforceable language-rights guarantees, bridged mainstreaming as default, assessment guidance that authorizes multilingual evidence of learning, trauma-informed professional learning tied to participatory routines, and data-partnership infrastructures tracking social as well as academic integration. Conceptually, HTL links duty-based governance to classroom craft; practically, it offers a design grammar for turning welcome into everyday learning, thereby aligning educational inclusion with the democratic values schools claim to teach.
2025-12-17
Marek Karczewski
Three sermons about the dead are among the lesser-known writings of Johannes Marienwerder. They were addressed to Teutonic clergymen. In these writings, referring to 2 Mch 12:45, the author expounded the Catholic doctrine of purgatory, pointing out various aspects of prayer for the dead. The article analyzes the biblical argumentation to which Johannes of Marienwerder referred. He emphasizes the necessity of fervent and pious prayer for the dead. When analyzing the biblical argumentation, special attention was paid to the biblical hermeneutics used in the sermons, doctrinal message and pastoral recommendations.