The ally in the victory of good over evil: Paul VI about Christianity–media relations according to the message for the I World Social Communications Day Cover Image

Sprzymierzeniec w zwycięstwie dobra nad złem: Paweł VI wobec relacji chrześcijaństwo–media w orędziu na I Światowy Dzień Środków Społecznego Przekazu
The ally in the victory of good over evil: Paul VI about Christianity–media relations according to the message for the I World Social Communications Day

Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Communication studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Christianity; means of social communication; Paul VI; positive role of the media; social life; social dangerousness; spirituality;

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the Pope Paul VI’s vision of the relationship between Christianity and the mass media. As a basis was adopted announced in 1967 the papal message for the I World Social Communications Day. Chronologically we are here at the threshold of the period of unparalleled mass media’s growth. The reflections and indications of Paul VI coincide with the assessment of this development, the contemporary status quo and the expectations related to the relationship between Christianity and the mass media. The article presents in general the Paul VI’s messages on the World Day of Social Communications. Then the attention is drown to the message for the I World Social Communications Day, i.e. to the understanding of the human situation and the world as in dynamism of change, to the world of social media in perspective of the related responsibility and commitments and to the importance of Christian spirituality in such conditions.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1 (12)
  • Page Range: 35-48
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish