Pope Benedict XVI: 46th World Communications Day

                                                                        

Pope Benedict XVI issued in the Vatican his message for the 46^th World Communications Day during the feast of St Francis de Salles, patron saint of Journalists. His bears the words: “Silence and Word: path of evangelization” as the theme of the message for the day to be marked on the Sunday before Pentecost which this year falls on the 20^th of May. Pope Benedict XVI refers to silence and word as two aspects of communication that needs to be kept in balance if authentic dialogue and deep closeness between people are to be achieved. He said word and silence are important aspects for those engaged in evangelization and are essential in the Church’s work in communicating Christ in today’s world.
                                                                         

The Popes message comes today when the Church is struggling with new evangelization in an era full of prejudices from both her clergy as well as the general public. The recent church scandals of pedofilia have left in the church a big wound that in someway impedes the Church through her ministers in fitting the gospel message. But the upcoming change in moral outlook of social values still remains great challenges for the churcu in so far as gay matrimony and sexual transformation is concerned.

Pope Bebenedict addresses the world as an effort to communicate his message to urge catholic to reflect on silence and word as a path to new evangelization. He encourages his brothers and sisters in the Church to use silence and word as means of communcation which calls for the use of modern means of communication like the internet as instruments that speak audibly but in silence.