The Church’s Responsibility for Sports for Children and Youth in the Light of the Teachings of Pope Francis
The Church’s Responsibility for Sports for Children and Youth in the Light of the Teachings of Pope Francis

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at presenting the teaching of Pope Francis on sport and on the need for active participation of the Church in this area. Based on an analysis of Pope’s document titled Giving the Best of Yourself. A Document on the Christian Perspective on Sport and the Human Person, but also on his other messages and statements, the article encapsulates Francis’ position on the responsibility of the Church for the sport community of children and youth. The conducted analyzes show that Pope Francis affirms the Church’s responsibility for sport, which is a global phenomenon endowed with numerous values and which can thus be used for the full and harmonious development of young people, in terms of both their physical fitness and health, as well as their socio- cultural, ethical and spiritual condition. Through its pastoral leaders, the Church participates in all dimensions and stages of sports development building its humanistic and personalistic facet as well as in its social practice.

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