Abstract
A Czech priest and theologian is developing Francis' image of the church as a field hospital in light of the pastoral practice. In doing so, it is based first on images that do not match the Pope's inten-tion: The church as a field museum, as a field temple, as a field library, as a field inn.
All -these images contain something positive and bearable, but deviate from the original intuition, which helps us better understand the original metaphor (what it means to be a doctor in a field hospital) and answer the question of what kind of church we ourselves dream about.