New Evangelisation needs Journalists: Cardinal Ouellet

(May 31, 2008) The New Evangelization needs journalists to penetrate the current media-driven society, says Cardinal Marc Ouellet. In the closing address of the Catholic Media Convention 2008, the Archbishop of Quebec added that the New Evangelization is "the greatest challenge facing the Church at the beginning of the new millennium." The Media Congress, which ended on Friday, 30^th of May in Toronto, Canada, had as its theme "Proclaim it From the Rooftops." "It's not always easy for a Church steeped in centuries of tradition to adapt to a modern communication's culture," said the Cardinal. He added, "Let us never forget that the Church is communication and therefore the Church media work is inextricably linked with its other evangelization efforts." "Communications and media are much more than technical facilities. While these are vital, at the heart of communications are people, resources and funds, developed for specific purposes," the cardinal warned. "They call for a missionary engagement with modern culture, for mission is constitutive of the Church. God transcends culture but also meets us in our culture. "Citing Pope Benedict XVI's message for World Communications Day, the Cardinal said the role of media "must now be considered an integral part of the 'anthropological' question that is emerging as the key challenge of the third millennium."