COMMINICATING HOPE AND TRUST IN OUR TIME - Comunicar esperanza y confianza en nuestros tiempos - Hoffnung und Zuversicht verbreiten in unserer Zeit - Communiquer l'espérance et la confiance en notre temps - Comunicare speranza e fiducia nel nostro tempo

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE 51st WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

........ I would like  to contribute to the search for an open and creative style of communication that never seeks to glamourize evil but instead to concentrate on solutions and to inspire a positive and responsible approach on the part of its recipients. I ask everyone to offer the people of our time storylines that are at heart “good news”....... 

 ......  Quisiera contribuir a la búsqueda de un estilo comunicativo abierto y creativo, que no dé todo el protagonismo al mal, sino que trate de mostrar las posibles soluciones, favoreciendo una actitud activa y responsable en las personas a las cuales va dirigida la noticia. Invito a todos a ofrecer a los hombres y a las mujeres de nuestro tiempo narraciones marcadas por la lógica de la «buena noticia»...........

.......... Je voudrais  apporter une contribution à la recherche d'un style ouvert et créatif de communication qui ne soit jamais disposé à accorder au mal un premier rôle, mais qui cherche à mettre en lumière les solutions possibles, inspirant une approche active et responsable aux personnes auxquelles l’information est communiquée. Je voudrais inviter à offrir aux hommes et aux femmes de notre temps des récits marqués par la logique de la "bonne nouvelle".......

...... Deswegen möchte ich einen Beitrag leisten zur Suche nach einem offenen und kreativen Kommunikationsstil, der niemals bereit ist, dem Bösen eine Hauptrolle zuzugestehen, sondern versucht, die möglichen Lösungen aufzuzeigen und so die Menschen, denen die Nachricht übermittelt wird, zu einer konstruktiven und verantwortungsvollen Herangehensweise anzuregen. Ich möchte alle dazu einladen, den Frauen und Männern unserer Zeit Berichte anzubieten, die von der Logik der „guten Nachricht“ geprägt sind. ......

 .....  Vorrei  offrire un contributo alla ricerca di uno stile comunicativo aperto e creativo, che non sia mai disposto a concedere al male un ruolo da protagonista, ma cerchi di mettere in luce le possibili soluzioni, ispirando un approccio propositivo e responsabile nelle persone a cui si comunica la notizia. Vorrei invitare tutti a offrire agli uomini e alle donne del nostro tempo narrazioni contrassegnate dalla logica della “buona notizia”.......

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THE GOOD NEWS: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE 51st WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

«Fear not, for I am with you» 

(Is 43:5): 
Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time

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     Access to the media – thanks to technological progress – makes it possible for countless people to share news instantly and spread it widely. That news may be good or bad, true or false. The early Christians compared the human mind to a constantly grinding millstone; it is up to the miller to determine what it will grind: good wheat or worthless weeds. Our minds are always “grinding”, but it is up to us to choose what to feed them (cf. SAINT JOHN CASSIAN, Epistle to Leontius).

   I wish to address this message to all those who, whether in their professional work or personal relationships, are like that mill, daily “grinding out” information with the aim of providing rich fare for those with whom they communicate. I would like to encourage everyone to engage in constructive forms of communication that reject prejudice towards others and foster a culture of encounter, helping all of us to view the world around us with realism and trust.

    I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on “bad news” (wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of human failure). This has nothing to do with spreading misinformation that would ignore the tragedy of human suffering, nor is it about a naive optimism blind to the scandal of evil. Rather, I propose that all of us work at overcoming that feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits.                Moreover, in a communications industry which thinks that good news does not sell, and where the tragedy of human suffering and the mystery of evil easily turn into entertainment, there is always the temptation that our consciences can be dulled or slip into pessimism.

   I would like, then, to contribute to the search for an open and creative style of communication that never seeks to glamourize evil but instead to concentrate on solutions and to inspire a positive and responsible approach on the part of its recipients. I ask everyone to offer the people of our time storylines that are at heart “good news”.......

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                                     Comunicar esperanza y confianza en nuestros tiempos

                                       Hoffnung und Zuversicht verbreiten in unserer Zeit

                                  Communiquer l'espérance et la confiance en notre temps

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COMMUNICATING HOPE and TRUST - COMUNICAR ESPERANZA Y CONFIANZA - HOFFNUNG UND ZUVERSISCHT VERBREITENEN - COMMUNIQUER L'ESPERANCE ET LA CONFIANCE

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE 51st WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
MESSAGE DU PAPE FRANÇOIS
POUR LA 51^ème JOURNÉE MONDIALE
DES COMMUNICATIONS SOCIALES
MENSAJE DEL SANTO PADRE FRANCISCO
PARA LA 51 JORNADA MUNDIAL
DE LAS COMUNICACIONES SOCIALES
BOTSCHAFT VON PAPST FRANZISKUS  ZUM 51. WELTTAG DER SOZIALEN KOMMUNIKATIONSMITTEL 
MESSAGGIO DEL SANTO PADRE FRANCESCO PER LA 51ma GIORNATA MONDIALE  DELLE COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI
MENSAGEM DO PAPA FRANCISCO  PARA O 51ª DIA MUNDIAL DAS COMUNICAÇÕES SOCIAIS

ORĘDZIE PAPIEŻA FRANCISZKA NA  LI ŚWIATOWY DZIEŃ ŚRODKÓW SPOŁECZNEGO PRZEKAZU

      Access to the media – thanks to technological progress – makes it possible for countless people to share news instantly and spread it widely. That news may be good or bad, true or false. The early Christians compared the human mind to a constantly grinding millstone; it is up to the miller to determine what it will grind: good wheat or worthless weeds. Our minds are always “grinding”, but it is up to us to choose what to feed them (cf. SAINT JOHN CASSIAN, Epistle to Leontius).

     I wish to address this message to all those who, whether in their professional work or personal relationships, are like that mill, daily “grinding out” information with the aim of providing rich fare for those with whom they communicate. I would like to encourage everyone to engage in constructive forms of communication that reject prejudice towards others and foster a culture of encounter, helping all of us to view the world around us with realism and trust.

      I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on “bad news” (wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of human failure). This has nothing to do with spreading misinformation that would ignore the tragedy of human suffering, nor is it about a naive optimism blind to the scandal of evil. Rather, I propose that all of us work at overcoming that feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits. Moreover, in a communications industry which thinks that good news does not sell, and where the tragedy of human suffering and the mystery of evil easily turn into entertainment, there is always the temptation that our consciences can be dulled or slip into pessimism.

      I would like, then, to contribute to the search for an open and creative style of communication that never seeks to glamourize evil but instead to concentrate on solutions and to inspire a positive and responsible approach on the part of its recipients. I ask everyone to offer the people of our time storylines that are at heart “good news”........

MESSAGE

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