Pope says Catholic journalists must be exemplars of faith, morality

Published: 2006-06-02

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Media professionals who work for the Catholic Church must be exemplars of faith and morality as they try to bring Christian values to the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. The pope met June 2 with the employees of the newspaper, news agency, radio network and satellite television station of the Italian bishops' conference. Pope Benedict said it is their job to bring the Gospel to Italian life. Divorce, abortion and the lack of ethical references in public debates show the consequences of a culture intent on moving away from its Christian roots, the pope said. To be effective witnesses, he said, those who work in Catholic media must give "shining testimony of profoundly Christian lives" and be deeply united with Christ in prayer "in order to see the world with his eyes."

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