Bring Christ’s message to wider public Pope tells Catholic Media Convention

(June 02,2010) Pope Benedict XVI on Wed. spoke of the extraordinary potential of the new media, to bring the message of Christ and the teachings of His Church to the attention of a wider public. In a message after his weekly general audience addressed to the Catholic Media Convention in New Orleans. U.S. the Pope sent his cordial greetings and his apostolic blessing to the journalists and communications experts participating at the three-day Convention that will conclude on Friday. The Papal message encouraged the participants saying - “If your mission is to be truly effective, and if the words you proclaim are to touch hearts, engage people’s freedom and change their lives, you must draw them into an encounter with persons and communities, who witness to the grace of Christ by their faith and their lives.” The Pope hoped that their days spent together at the convention, will renew and refresh their shared enthusiasm for the Gospel.
The theme of the June 2-4 Convention is “Spreading the Good News – Byte by Byte”. Held annually, it is promoted by the Catholic Press Association and the Catholic Academy for Communications Arts Professionals.