His Holiness Pope Francis urges Catholic Institutional communicators to network to bring hope

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His Holiness Pope Francis addresses the Presidents of Episcopal Commissions for Communications and Directors of National Communications Offices and encourages them to network together to build a different model of communication able to sow hope and mutual understanding instead of division.

By Lisa Zengarini

Pope Francis has encouraged Catholic social communication leaders to join forces so that the Church can build “a different model of communication” able to sow hope and unity both in the Church and in the broader world.

“It's up to us to write the future,” the Pope remarked  as he addressed  on Monday Catholic Institutional communicators gathered in the Vatican for the Jubilee of the World of Communication.

How do we communicate hope?
The Pope started his reflection by inviting those present to evaluate whether their efforts truly inspire hope and counteract the “virus of division that undermines communities”.

“Hope never disappoints; but do we know how to communicate that?” he asked, reminding them that communicating about the Church is not “merely following the rules laid down by corporate marketing.”  Instead, it is “about showing that the kingdom of God is near”  which comes also in the ability “to  recognize and spread the hope that goodness exists.”   
This, the Pope stated, is also the vocation of every Christian who is called to share stories of goodness and resilience while recognizing the existence of evil, countering the often negative focus of mainstream journalism.  “Evil exists.  It must not be hidden, but it should stir us and lead us to produce questions and answers”, he said.

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