Mons. Lucio Adrián Ruiz, Secretary of the Dicasterio for the communication of the Vatican, said that the Mission of the Catholic communicator goes beyond informing: it is called to be an instrument of peace in a world “torn by enmity” and conflicts.
The Vatican official during the inauguration in Aparecida (Brazil) of the first meeting of responsible for Catholic television companies in Latin America and the Caribbean, convened by the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM).
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“How lacking that peace in our time, torn by enmity, conflicts and distrust. As Catholic communicators, our mission is not only to inform or spread, but to be instruments of that peace that overcomes fear, offers forgiveness and opens the path of love,” he said in his speech.
In a note of DNA CELAM It was reported that the Secretary of Dicas supplies for communication also invited Catholic television stations to “go beyond ‘Issue’ content and learn to dialogue with active, criticism and producers of their own messages, integrating languages and platforms so that the Gospel flows with depth and beauty in an interconnected media ecosystem.”
Mons. Ruiz made this invitation when referring to the reality of the hyperconnected world on the Internet and where there is a saturation of information. He indicated that the answer is not “making more noise”, but “offering meaning.”
To do this, he said, it is important to produce solid stories that allow “not only to talk about God, but to let God speak” through the contents. It is necessary to communicate from a Christian humanism, he added.
“Communication today is called to be an inspiring and creative source of ideas to live our culture” and transmit Esperanza, said Mons. Ruiz, who encouraged not to be afraid “to dream big, to risk new formats, to meet those who would never tune in our channel. The Jubileo de la Esperanza drives us to look beyond, to God.”
“If we keep the person in the center, we serve the common good, we respect dignity and open everything to the transcendence with a missionary spirit that wants to reach everyone, then our communicative mission will truly be in the style of Jesus,” he said.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.