Seldom does the entire globe become so quickly engrossed by an issue as has occurred in the case of globalization. The attention of the media is constantly focused upon it. Books and articles on the subject are published each and every day. However, the fact remains that this word has many different connotations: it is hardly possible to touch upon all of the many expressions connected with globalization in the various areas in which the drama of contemporary man unfolds. Still, we shall attempt to briefly discuss those realities which fail to bypass the Christian and which we cannot free ourselves from by just closing our eyes. In the process, we shall not succumb to the temptation to either exalt or to denigrate these universal phenomena.

Rijetko je koja činjenica tako brzo zahvatila čitavu kuglu zemaljsku kao globalizacija. Mediji je stavljaju u središte svoje pozornosti. Svakim danom tiskaju se o njoj nove knjige i članci. Ipak moramo priznati da se često pod tim izrazom podrazumijevaju različiti sadržaji. Mi se ne možemo osvrtati na neizbrojivost globalizacijskih izražaja na raznolikim područjima gdje se odvija drama suvremenog čovjeka. Ipak ćemo pokušati dodirnuti one stvarnosti koje ne mimoilaze ni kršćane i od kojih se, zatvaranjem očiju, ne možemo osloboditi. Pri tome ne želimo upasti u napast ni egzaltiranja ni ocrnjivanja te sveobuhvatne pojave.