ZBIGNIEW CHMIELEWSKI, PAWEŁ KUCA: Limitations and barriers to communication between priests and parishioners – a case study of the Diocese of Rzeszów

This paper analyses barriers to successful communication between priests of the Roman Catholic Church and their parishioners. The Diocese of Rzeszów is used as a case study. Research on its information policy was carried out at the end of 2012 and 2013. There are two preconditions treated as fundamental to the paper: the RCC, as well as any other organization, should communicate with its parishioners at every organizational level; there exist, however, barriers and constraints that make it difficult for parishioners to make use of modern communication tools and methods.

Keywords: The Roman Catholic Church, information policy, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów, barriers to communication.