Social Teachings of the Church and Awareness of the Principle of Subsidiarity between Croatian Citizens (and Believers)

U radu su obrađeni odgovori naših građana (i vjernika) na pitanja koja su se odnosila na poznavanje socijalnog nauka Crkve i načela supsidijarnosti, postavljena pod brojevima 49 - 51 u upitniku koji je usmenom anketom proveden u prosincu 2009. godine na probabilistički izabranom, višeetapno stratificiranom uzorku punoljetnog stanovništva Hrvatske kojim je bilo obuhvaćeno točno 1000 sudionika iz 70 naselja, odnosno iz 100 različitih lokacija, unutar znanstveno-istraživačkog projekta »Supsidijarnost u hrvatskom društvu«. Rezultati nedvojbeno ukazuju na činjenicu da su katolički vjernici slabo upoznati sa sadržajem socijalnog nauka Crkve (prema rezultatima 75,8% nije upoznato, a upoznato ih je tek 21,9%) i da ga najčešće poistovjećuju s karitativnim djelovanjem Crkve. Sa značenjem načela supsidijarnosti upoznato je tek 15,6% ispitanika, i to ponajviše iz stručnih rasprava i hrvatskih medija, dok njih 83,6% uopće nije čulo za taj pojam. Razlozi su takva stanja višestruki, od naslijeđenog mentaliteta do toga da socijalni nauk Crkve nije uspio izaći izvan crkvenih prostora. Sve to nameće Katoličkoj crkvi traženje novih prostora i načina posredovanja sadržaja socijalnog nauka Crkve kao i odgoja za supsidijarnost. Kod vjernika koji redovito komuniciraju sa župnom zajednicom (20 - 25%) potrebno je u navještaju i katehezi snažnije izgrađivati oblike osobne odgovornosti i socijalne duhovnosti, dok poteškoću predstavlja približavanje i odgoj onih vjernika (oko 60%) koji su udaljeniji od Crkve, a istovremeno su nositelji društvenog života. Stoga se kao prioritet nameće izlazak iz crkvenih prostora i ulazak u prostor civilnog društva npr. osnivanjem katoličkih elektroničkih medija, katoličkih odgojnih i obrazovnih ustanova i jačanjem vjerničkih društava, te nužnost osobnih i prigodnih kontakata s udaljenijim vjernicima, a visokoobrazovani, koji se statistički najviše društveno angažiraju a istovremeno su crkveno najudaljeniji, te mladi moraju postati ciljne skupine pastoralnog rada i odgoja za socijalni nauk Crkve i načelo supsidijarnosti.The article analyses responses given by Croatian citizens (and believers) to principles of the social teachings of the Church and especially of the principles of subsidiarity as set in questions 49-51 in a questionnaire as part of the project »Subsidiarity in Croatian society«. The results undoubtedly indicate the fact that Catholic faithful are not informed with the content of social teachings of the Church - (according to the results, 75.8% were not aware and only 21.9% were), and that they are mostly identified with the Church\u27s charity activities. Only 15.6% of those questioned knew the meaning of subsidiarity and their knowledge was based on discussions in Croatian media by experts, while 83.6% had never heard of that notion. The reasons for this situation are multi-faceted -from that of mental legacy to the fact that the social teachings of the Church have not managed to exit Church space. This means that the Catholic Church should be seeking a new space and way to mediate the contents of social teachings of the Church as well as educating its believers about the notion of subsidiarity. With the faithful who regularly communicate with the parish community (20 - 25%), it is necessary to develop forms of personal responsibility and social spirituality relating to the proclamation and Catechesis whereas difficulties are encountered when trying to educate those faithful (about 60%) who are distanced from the Church while at the same time being important factors of social life. It is therefore a priority to exit Church space and penetrate civil society - e.g. setting up Catholic electronic media, Catholic schools and educational institutions and empowering religious organisations as well as vital personal and other relevant contact with the faithful who are distanced from the Church - these usually being the most educated sections of the population who are statistically most engaged in society yet the most distanced from the Church. The youth has to be a privileged target group for pastoral work and education in social teachings of the Church