The renowned Spanish journalist Matías Prats Luque, awarded Monday by the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), considers that the election of Pope Leo XIV “has been the signing of the season.”
In the ceremony for the awards ceremony Bravo! That the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications grants annually, the veteran presenter of informative programs was recognized for his 50 years of professional career.
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The jury has recognized in Prats that “it makes visible a conception of information based on rigor, seriousness and truthfulness” and, whenever it is possible “with a good humor brand of the house.”
“His work of constant and rigorous information about the key events of our world represents a fundamental service to society and have made him a journalist loved by the audience and respected by the profession,” he underlines in the act of the granting of the prizes Bravo!
In his Thanksgiving speechThe veteran journalist stressed that Leo XIV is the fifth pontiff of his life and stressed that, in the last conclave, in which he recalled six Spanish cardinals participated, “for science infusa by the Holy Spirit, for their own knowledge, in the end they voted excellently well. They chose a great Pope Leo XIV”.
“In sports slang, they allow me to say It has been the signing of the season. Practically, perhaps the signing of the century. And, as a castizo would say, the American is A figure”, He concluded before the applause of the congregates.
“Freedom is not possible without the truth”
The president of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications, Mons. José Manuel Lorca Plans, submitted in his speech to the winners that “the exercise of freedom of information, of the freedom of the press, makes freedom grow in the world. Freedom is not possible without the truth, and the truth reaches its best meaning when it is shown, when it is disclosed, when it is communicated.”
When the truth “is despised, denosted or, simply, denied, the foundations are being placed for a totalitarian society in which the free choice of citizens is not possible,” added the prelate.
From the parish priests affected by the Dana in Valencia to “the husband of the blonde”
The rest of the AE winners were the following:
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Araceli Saavedra. Zamora’s opinion journalist.
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Radio María Spain, on its 25th anniversary
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José Francisco Trigueros, @elmaridodelubia on Instagram.
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Pilar Palomero for the movie The flashesabout family and the value of life.
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Al musical Original, Carlo’s passageinspired by the future Holy Carlo Acutis.
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To the Christmas advertising campaigns of Suchard made by Ogilvy.
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Ana Díaz, for her work at the head of communication in the Diocese of the Canary Islands.
In addition, a brave prize was given! Special to the communication of charity carried out by the parishes and volunteers before the catastrophe caused by the Dana in Valencia.
The Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Valencia, P. Jesus Corbí, stood out in his words of thanks: “Christians believe that the true humanization of the world goes through Jesus Christ. There is no human fullness without Him. And that is why our task is to communicate to Christ, with our words and with our works. It is not enough to say good things: you have to say how good God is. That face is that of Jesus Christ. ”
Nicolás de Cárdenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish and journalist’s husband and father with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specialized in socio -political and religious information. I have worked more than 10 years in defense of human rights and I have accreditations in journalism and comprehensive communication. Since July 2022, I am a correspondent for ACI Press and Ewtn News in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.