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   CATHOLIC MEDIA WORKERS: LIVE IN CONFORMITY TO THE GOSPEL   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 24 JAN 2011 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press Office,   
   the Message for the forty-fifth World Day of Social Communications was   
   presented. Its theme this year is: "Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of   
   Life in the Digital Age".   
      
   Participating in today's press conference were Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli,   
   Msgr. Paul Tighe, Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti and Angelo Scelzo, respectively   
   president, secretary, adjunct secretary and under secretary of the Pontifical   
   Council for Social Communications.   
      
   Archbishop Celli affirmed that "this year's Message has its starting point in a   
   reality that is becoming increasingly evident today: the fact that an authentic   
   cultural transformation is taking place as new technologies alter not only the   
   way we communicate, but communication itself".   
      
   "The new technologies", he continued, "offer mankind great opportunities to   
   come together, overcoming the limitations of distance and of culture of origin.   
   They create the possibility to form new friendships, despite the inevitable   
   risks".   
      
   "The new relational opportunities offered by modern technology highlight how   
   today it is possible not only to exchange information, but to share a world   
   view, to share hopes and ideals", the archbishop said.   
      
   "The Pope links three human aspects which are very important in modern life:   
   digital communications, image of self and coherence of life. Communicational   
   dynamics in the digital world create new ways to construct personal identity,   
   and its is here that the Holy Father makes a call for coherence and   
   authenticity".   
      
   The Message, Archbishop Celli concluded, "speaks of a 'Christian way' of being   
   present" in the digital world. "This is what makes the title of the Message   
   meaningful, in the sense that the Christian testimony of Catholic professionals   
   cannot be limited to simply dealing with religious topics, but is called to   
   reveal itself in the form of concrete personal witness. Living a life that   
   conforms to the Gospel is itself a form of proclamation, an explicit form of   
   communication which makes the proclamation credible. More than ever, the   
   requirement of making the Gospel known in all its integrity must become a   
   distinctive sign of the digital age".   
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