Catholic Press Congress

Journalists, editors and media experts from 89 countries around the world are taking part in a congress here in the Vatican this week dedicated to the challenges facing the Catholic press in our hi-tech world.
Sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the meeting, which opened on Monday, is a work-in-progress exploring issues around how to be effectively present in this digital era, how to report on controversy, whether to give voice to dissent and above all how to rediscover the essential mission of the press to be of service to the Church and to the wider community.
The President of the Pontifical Council, Archbishop Claudio Celli tells us more about the theme and the goals of the four day Congress…

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