SA国际传媒

By SA国际传媒

At the Regina Coeli prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis recalled his message for SA国际传媒 Communications Day on 24 May, which is dedicated to the theme of storytelling.

The Pope prayed that this recurrence might help us tell stories that look forward to the future with hope.

鈥淢ay this event encourage us to tell and share constructive stories that help us to understand that we are all part of a story that is larger than ourselves, and can look forward to the future with hope if we truly care for one another as brothers and sisters.鈥�

Sharing a new perspective

To mark the occasion, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication (SA国际传媒鈥� parent organization), released a video message, and reflects on Pope Francis鈥� message for SA国际传媒 Communications Day.

Dr. Ruffini says the key to the message is the 鈥渟haring鈥� of our own experiences, which allows us to build a new story in 鈥渁 prospective of Redemption鈥�.

Rediscovering communion

Our recent experience of isolation and social-distancing due to the Covid-19 lockdown, says the Prefect, has taught us to rediscover that God provides a deeper communion to bind us.

鈥淚n our experience of separation, we have understood the heart of communion,鈥� he says. 鈥淲ithout the ability to find unity in our experiences, there is neither wisdom nor knowledge. Everything is reduced to a list of facts without a unifying story.鈥�

Healthy union of good will

Dr. Ruffini says the pandemic has offered us a choice: 鈥渢o entrust ourselves only to technology or to give it a soul.鈥�

Fake news, he adds, has also proliferated. 鈥淓verything depends upon where we base our hope.鈥� We have the opportunity to 鈥渞espond to the unhealthy union of the pandemic with the healthy union of good will.鈥�

Transcendent dimension

The pandemic has also given us the chance to find the courage to build welcoming communities founded on good forms of communication.

鈥淐ommunication,鈥� he says, 鈥渘eeds to be re-rooted in a network that is both global and local, digital and real. Communication serves to unite, not to divide; to give and not to buy or sell. We must give technology a transcendent dimension.鈥�

Building human relationships

Encounter, says the Prefect, provides the basis for true communication.

We therefore need to discover ways to use the internet to maintain 鈥渢he incarnate relationship between people鈥� while building 鈥渁n economy of sharing鈥�. It this vision, says Dr. Ruffini, all people must be encouraged to participate by giving their time, talents, money, and prayer.

A smile becomes a story

An outgoing Church, he says, can help 鈥渂uild communion across all means of communication.鈥�

鈥淭he time has come to think about communication as a way to redistribute surplus goods, knowledge, and love.鈥�

In conclusion, Dr. Ruffini says each of us 鈥渃an be the smile of those who have preceded us. Every story can be refashioned and redeemed by sharing a smile that becomes a story.鈥�