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501 I, 4 | development so that they can lead happier, more productive lives. 502 II, 6 | immense power to promote human happiness and fulfillment. Without 503 I, 2 | social communication can hardly be exaggerated. Here people 504 III, 17| young people are especially harmed in this way, but adults 505 III, 17| narrow their horizons and harness their energies in the service 506 IV, 23| messages that seek to foster hatred and conflict among individuals 507 IV, 24| the market's voice can be heard in these ways. But decisions 508 IV, 25| connection, in many areas one hears of the desire for deeper 509 V, 32| to open their minds and hearts to him, knowing this was 510 V, 31| of the day - materialism, hedonism, consumerism, narrow nationalism, 511 V, 27| individual can ascend to heights of human genius and virtue, 512 IV, 25| together - will find it helpful to come together in groups 513 IV, 26| exemplary, reflecting the highest standards of truthfulness, 514 IV, 26| served if more of those who hold offices and perform functions 515 V, 31| nationalism, and the rest - holding up for all to see a body 516 II, 11| words and images of the Holy Father's pastoral visits 517 IV, 25| prudent use of media in the home. According to their age 518 II, 10| cloistered religious, the home-bound, prisoners, and many others.~ 519 I, 4 | John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis, 15).~We take it for granted 520 III, 17| purposes, not narrow their horizons and harness their energies 521 IV, 26| 212.3; Canon 227). No one, however, has a right to speak for 522 II, 11| extraordinary ways. For example, huge audiences around the world 523 V, 32| if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were 524 V, 32| others, while condemning hypocrisy, dishonesty - any kind of 525 V, 32| incarnation, he utterly identified himself with those who were 526 V, 32| communication, pointing to his identity and manifesting the power 527 I, 4 | the growing economic and ideological pressures to lower ethical 528 V, 32| He did not waste time on idle speech or on vindicating 529 V, 31| against the false gods and idols of the day - materialism, 530 III, 16| grossly irresponsible to ignore or dismiss the fact that " 531 III, 14| human suffering are largely ignored by media even as others 532 III | III~SOCIAL COMMUNICATION~THAT 533 V, 27| enormous potential for good and ill. As interactivity increases, 534 IV, 22| perpetuation of evils like poverty, illiteracy, political repression and 535 V, 29| groups, and by other social ills. Today's media vastly increase 536 II, 11| have brought the words and images of the Holy Father's pastoral 537 III, 14| contribute to the injustices and imbalances that give rise to suffering 538 III, 18| the confines of its own immanence without reference of any 539 IV, 20| good will it is not always immediately clear how to apply ethical 540 V, 33| the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear" ( 541 II, 12| common good. Therefore it is imperative for the parties to social 542 V, 29| limitations, is more or less imperfect and in danger of failing. 543 IV, 26| speak for the Church, or imply he or she does, unless properly 544 IV, 21| irreducible dignity and importance, and may never be sacrificed 545 IV, 25| media propose, and often impose, a mentality and model of 546 III, 16| level, cultural domination imposed through the means of social 547 III, 18| those that do not; trying to imprison transcendence within the 548 II, 7 | and prosperity, encourages improvements in the quality of existing 549 V, 30| are faced with the patent inadequacy of perspectives in which 550 I, 5 | fullness in the mystery of the Incarnate Word" (Centesimus Annus, 551 V, 32| communicator. Through his incarnation, he utterly identified himself 552 IV, 23| people follow their natural inclination to exchange ideas and declare 553 IV, 26| The right of expression includes expressing opinions about 554 V, 30| human persons and their incomparable dignity and inviolable rights, 555 II, 8 | turning the spotlight on incompetence, corruption, and abuses 556 III, 18| treating religion with incomprehension, perhaps even contempt, 557 V, 27| and ill. As interactivity increases, the distinction between 558 III, 16| affluent, secularized societies increasingly supplant the traditional 559 IV, 23| presumption is not an absolute, indefeasible norm. There are obvious 560 III, 14| communicators, it reflects indefensible selectivity. Even more fundamentally, 561 II, 12| expression of ideas and the indication of emotion. At its most 562 IV, 24| sometimes said to be the best indicators of public sentiment - in 563 IV, 22| and the suppression of indigenous cultures.~ 564 III, 17| media are used as tools of indoctrination, with the aim of controlling 565 V, 29| in that, but it raises an inescapable question: Will the audience 566 I, 2 | with others who are deeply influenced by them.~ 567 IV, 25| and selective. They should inform themselves about media - 568 V, 29| of media, moreover, the inherent difficulties of communicating 569 III, 13| used to block community and injure the integral good of persons: 570 I, 2 | twentieth century's dazzling innovations may have been only a prologue 571 V, 32| justly" (1 Pt 2:22-23). He insisted on candor and truthfulness 572 III, 14| others are reported; and insofar as this reflects a decision 573 II, 11| and day out, they provide inspiration, encouragement, and opportunities 574 V, 27| a global network for the instantaneous transmission of information, 575 III, 18| treatment for religion's institutional interests; presenting religious 576 II, 6 | nos. 30-31), the Pastoral Instruction on Social Communications 577 II, 10| resources.~Media are standard instructional tools in many classrooms. 578 IV, 23| intervention remains an instrument of oppression and exclusion" ( 579 IV, 26| with due regard for the integrity of faith and morals, respect 580 IV, 21| full range of physical, intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual 581 III, 19| not a utilitarian exercise intended simply to motivate, persuade 582 V, 30| Criteria for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Cooperation in Communications); 583 V, 29| human bees in their cells - interacting with data instead of with 584 V, 27| potential for good and ill. As interactivity increases, the distinction 585 II, 12| of our freedom and mutual interdependence" (Pope John Paul II, Message 586 IV, 22| violations of human rights, intergroup and interreligious conflicts, 587 IV, 26| considerations apply to internal communication in the Church. 588 IV, 24| certain discouragement of interpersonal relationships" (Toward a 589 IV, 22| human rights, intergroup and interreligious conflicts, and the suppression 590 IV, 23| better, elsewhere government intervention remains an instrument of 591 I, 3 | rooted in and mirroring the intimate communion of the Trinity" ( 592 IV, 24| it brings: a loss of the intrinsic value of items of information, 593 II, 9 | generations. In particular, they introduce children and young people 594 II, 10| life. Preschoolers being introduced to the rudiments of reading 595 I | I~INTRODUCTION~ 596 IV, 26| holders of office, who are invested with a sacred power, are, 597 V, 30| incomparable dignity and inviolable rights, and a vision of 598 V, 32| deception or manipulation. He invited others to open their minds 599 IV, 24| just speak to them. This involves learning about people's 600 IV, 20| and systemic issues, often involving large questions of policy 601 V, 29| will they be selfish and inward-looking, committed to the benefit 602 IV, 21| goods. Individuals have irreducible dignity and importance, 603 III, 16| violence. It is grossly irresponsible to ignore or dismiss the 604 III, 13| people or marginalizing and isolating them; drawing them into 605 II, 10| barriers of distance and isolation, bringing learning opportunities 606 IV, 24| of the intrinsic value of items of information, an undifferentiated 607 IV | IV~SOME RELEVANT ETHICAL PRINCIPLES~ 608 V, 29| Social communication can join people in communities of 609 V, 30| community whose members are joined by the virtue of solidarity 610 IV, 22| pursuit community members jointly commit themselves and which 611 I, 3 | communication can be seen as a long journey from Babel, site and symbol 612 V, 33| World Communications Day, Jubilee of Journalists.~John P. 613 V, 32| but he trusted to him who judges justly" (1 Pt 2:22-23). 614 III, 18| include taking an exclusively judgmental and negative view of media; 615 V, 27| information, ideas, and value judgments in science, commerce, education, 616 V, 33| the media.~Vatican City, June 4, 2000, World Communications 617 V, 32| by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will 618 V, 32| trusted to him who judges justly" (1 Pt 2:22-23). He insisted 619 V, 27| while sitting alone at a keyboard and screen. Communication 620 IV, 22| at all levels and of all kinds. There is a pressing need 621 V, 31| perfect realization of the Kingdom in this world while remaining 622 IV, 24| reduced to pure information, a lack of responsible feedback 623 V, 30| life is cast into doubt"; lacking them, "many people stumble 624 IV, 20| issues, often involving large questions of policy bearing 625 IV, 20| with market economies, the largest ethical question of all 626 IV, 26| religious communities, and young lay Catholics, but Church personnel 627 I, 4 | development so that they can lead happier, more productive 628 V, 30| humanity" whose expertise "leads her necessarily to extend 629 IV, 25| freedom of those who have learned to know Christ (cf. Gal 630 IV, 20| ownership and control. At least in open societies with market 631 III, 16| powerful. Today "even the least-widespread cultures are no longer isolated. 632 III, 14| barriers and monopolies which leave so many countries on the 633 IV, 24| and policy should not be left only to the market and to 634 IV, 23| connection that, although the legal and political frameworks 635 III, 15| conspiracy against life" by "lending credit to that culture which 636 IV, 23| instances - for example, libel and slander, messages that 637 IV, 20| essential to individual liberty and to authentic community 638 IV, 23| and privatization does not lie in state control of media 639 IV, 23| bodies and other groups likewise deserve to be part of this 640 III, 16| Communication across cultural lines is desirable. Societies 641 V, 32| no guile was found on his lips"; and further: "When he 642 IV, 25| what to read or watch or listen to. Today everybody needs 643 II, 9 | communication offer people access to literature, drama, music, and art otherwise 644 II, 6 | dignity by helping people live well and function as persons 645 III, 18| state of a human spirit "locked within the confines of its 646 III, 16| least-widespread cultures are no longer isolated. They benefit from 647 IV, 22| social communication rightly looks to the needs and interests 648 I, 5 | Vatican Council, "Christ the Lord, Christ the new Adam, in 649 IV, 24| Communications Specialists, Los Angeles, September 15, 1987).~ 650 IV, 24| consequences it brings: a loss of the intrinsic value of 651 V, 31| creative activity. "With loving regard, the divine Artist 652 I, 4 | ideological pressures to lower ethical standards present 653 IV, 26| good, attain to salvation" (Lumen Gentium, 18). Right practice 654 V, 29| communicating often are magnified by ideology, by the desire 655 I, 4 | for granted that the vast majority of people involved in social 656 II, 6 | Communications Communio et Progressio makes it clear that the media 657 I, 1 | publishers and station managers, editors, news directors, 658 V, 32| pointing to his identity and manifesting the power of God (cf. Evangelii 659 III, 18| messages in an emotional, manipulative style, as if they were products 660 V, 32| in words but in the whole manner of his life. He spoke from 661 III, 14| suffer exploitation and marginalization, falling further and further 662 III, 14| so many countries on the margins of development, and to provide 663 III, 15| and even euthanasia as a mark of progress and a victory 664 III, 18| products competing in a glutted marketplace; using media as instruments 665 III, 16| young people, undermine marriage and family life, foster 666 V, 31| gods and idols of the day - materialism, hedonism, consumerism, 667 II, 10| rudiments of reading and mathematics, young people seeking vocational 668 III, 19| good or for evil - it is a matter of choice. "It can never 669 I, 4 | better, that is to say more mature spiritually, more aware 670 V, 32| 6) and "he who has seen me has seen the Father" (Jn 671 I, 5 | information from becoming a meaningless accumulation of facts" ( 672 III, 16| places and face extinction; meanwhile the values of affluent, 673 IV, 21| community are the end and measure of the use of the media 674 III, 19| readers and listeners as mere ciphers from whom some advantage 675 IV, 23| their opinions, they are not merely making use of a right. They 676 III, 18| curiosity that does not merit serious attention; promoting 677 IV, 22| constant transformation of the methods of production and consumption 678 III, 14| pockets of privation in the midst of plenty are seedbeds of 679 V, 27| 27. As the third millennium of the Christian era begins, 680 II, 11| pastoral visits to countless millions.~ 681 V, 32| be better... if a great millstone were hung round his neck 682 V, 32| invited others to open their minds and hearts to him, knowing 683 V, 32| his deeds, especially his miracles, were acts of communication, 684 III, 18| skepticism. Today's media often mirror the post-modern state of 685 I, 3 | communities, "rooted in and mirroring the intimate communion of 686 III, 13| and ennobles; spreading misinformation and disinformation, fostering 687 III, 15| oppressive regimes. They misrepresent opponents and systematically 688 IV, 26| Christians "a frontline missionary role" and it is important 689 IV, 25| media - their structures, mode of operation, contents - 690 IV, 25| listeners and readers, acting as models of prudent use of media 691 II, 6 | Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes ( 692 III, 14| break down the barriers and monopolies which leave so many countries 693 IV, 20| communicators, ethicists and moralists, recipients of communication, 694 II, 7 | market is not a norm of morality or a source of moral value, 695 IV, 26| the integrity of faith and morals, respect for the pastors, 696 IV, 23| obscenity and pornography, the morbid depiction of violence - 697 V, 29| In the world of media, moreover, the inherent difficulties 698 III, 19| exercise intended simply to motivate, persuade or sell. Still 699 V, 32| abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out 700 V, 33| evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good 701 III, 16| To Culture, 33). That so much communication now flows 702 V, 29| audience of the future be a multitude of audiences of one? While 703 II, 9 | access to literature, drama, music, and art otherwise unavailable 704 I, 5 | of his basic dimensions, namely the spiritual one, and to 705 I, 2 | or become isolated in a narcissistic, self-referential world 706 II, 7 | In short, today's complex national and international economic 707 I, 1 | are not blind forces of nature beyond human control. For 708 I, 2 | self-referential world of stimuli with near-narcotic effects. Not even those 709 I, 4 | parties - today, that means nearly everyone - can participate. 710 V, 30| whose expertise "leads her necessarily to extend her religious 711 V, 32| millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into 712 I, 4 | to others, especially the neediest and the weakest, and readier 713 III, 18| exclusively judgmental and negative view of media; failing to 714 V, 33| speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one 715 III, 14| acquisitiveness and greed. Neoliberalism is a case in point: "Based 716 IV, 26| Provided the media are "neutral, open and honest", they 717 I, 1 | unintended consequences, nevertheless people choose whether to 718 IV, 24| answered by the concept of the "niche", according to which particular 719 IV, 22| of material goods between North and South is exacerbated 720 II, 6 | World, Gaudium et Spes (cf. nos. 30-31), the Pastoral Instruction 721 II, 6 | than give an overview, we note here, as we have done elsewhere ( 722 IV, 23| accountability. It should be noted in this connection that, 723 III, 18| perhaps even contempt, as an object of curiosity that does not 724 IV, 24| minorities.~To some extent, this objection may be answered by the concept 725 III, 18| good media practice like objectivity and even-handedness may 726 II, 12| the media can meet their obligation to "witness to the truth 727 IV, 25| Audiences - recipients - have obligations, too. Communicators attempting 728 IV, 23| individuals and groups, obscenity and pornography, the morbid 729 IV, 23| expression should always observe principles like truth, fairness, 730 III, 15| conventions of democracy are observed, but techniques borrowed 731 IV, 23| indefeasible norm. There are obvious instances - for example, 732 V, 33| for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace 733 III, 18| unnecessary secrecy and otherwise offending against truth; downplaying 734 I, 5 | judgment, this tradition offers itself in service to the 735 IV, 26| if more of those who hold offices and perform functions in 736 I, 3 | various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; 737 IV, 22| determination to commit oneself to the common good" (Sollicitudo 738 IV, 24| are privately owned and operated for profit.~In the interests 739 IV, 25| their structures, mode of operation, contents - and make responsible 740 III, 15| regimes. They misrepresent opponents and systematically distort 741 IV, 21| Everyone deserves the opportunity to grow and flourish in 742 IV, 22| children and youth, the oppressed and marginalized, women 743 IV, 23| remains an instrument of oppression and exclusion" (Aetatis 744 III, 15| support of unjust policies and oppressive regimes. They misrepresent 745 V, 31| rights, the preferential option for the poor, the universal 746 IV, 24| diversification and specialization - organizing media to correspond to audiences 747 I, 5 | teaching, whose theological orientation is an important corrective 748 IV, 25| Progressio, 107). Directed originally to institutes of consecrated 749 V, 28| evil uses. The choice is ours. The media do not call for 750 I, 2 | The contents of this vast outpouring range from hard news to 751 V, 29| media vastly increase the outreach of social communication - 752 III, 13| too, social communication overlooks what is genuinely new and 753 III, 14| international agencies which will oversee and direct the economy to 754 III, 16| truthfully, news media avoid or oversimplify them. Entertainment media 755 II, 6 | to do more than give an overview, we note here, as we have 756 IV, 24| where media are privately owned and operated for profit.~ 757 IV, 20| political implications for ownership and control. At least in 758 V, 33| Jubilee of Journalists.~John P. Foley~President~Pierfranco 759 V, 29| allows people to assemble packages of information and services 760 IV, 20| broadcasts, on the printed page and the Internet, but with 761 II, 10| means to a rich and growing panoply of educational resources.~ 762 V, 32| teaching took the form of parables and vivid stories expressing 763 III, 14| of the market as its only parameters, to the detriment of the 764 V, 31| regard, the divine Artist passes on to the human artist" - 765 I, 5 | Annus, 55). More than simply passing judgment, this tradition 766 IV, 25| easy path of uncritical passivity, peer pressure, and commercial 767 V, 33| Foley~President~Pierfranco Pastore~Secretary~ ~ ~ 768 V, 30| when we are faced with the patent inadequacy of perspectives 769 IV, 25| media, resisting the easy path of uncritical passivity, 770 IV, 24| fostering solidarity and peace. The Internet in particular 771 IV, 25| of uncritical passivity, peer pressure, and commercial 772 I, 3 | collapse (cf. Gn 11:4-8), to Pentecost and the gift of tongues ( 773 IV, 26| those who hold offices and perform functions in her name received 774 IV, 20| public resources and the performance of roles of public trust 775 V, 30| reporters, correspondents, performers, producers, technical personnel - 776 IV, 23| of a right. They are also performing a social duty" (Communio 777 I, 5 | the spiritual one, and to permissive and consumerist solutions, 778 IV, 22| share of the blame for the perpetuation of evils like poverty, illiteracy, 779 IV, 22| solidarity, "a firm and persevering determination to commit 780 II, 11| religious events, ideas, and personalities; they serve as vehicles 781 IV, 23| considered from an ethical perspective, this presumption is not 782 V, 30| the patent inadequacy of perspectives in which the ephemeral is 783 III, 19| intended simply to motivate, persuade or sell. Still less is it 784 I, 2 | communication even more pervasive and powerful. "The advent 785 III, 17| them to have. This is a perversion of genuine education, which 786 V, 28| or specialists in moral philosophy; rather, the reflection 787 IV, 21| respect to the full range of physical, intellectual, emotional, 788 V, 33| John P. Foley~President~Pierfranco Pastore~Secretary~ ~ ~ 789 III, 16| to popular media in some places and face extinction; meanwhile 790 IV, 23| right to communicate exists. Plainly, too, free expression should 791 V, 27| on the other side of the planet. People can tap directly 792 III, 14| privation in the midst of plenty are seedbeds of envy, resentment, 793 V, 27| human genius and virtue, or plunge to the depths of human degradation, 794 III, 14| development. These expanding pockets of privation in the midst 795 V, 32| were acts of communication, pointing to his identity and manifesting 796 I, 4 | thing. Public officials, policy-makers, and corporate executives 797 III, 15| Political. Unscrupulous politicians use media for demagoguery 798 V, 27| education, entertainment, politics, the arts, religion, and 799 III, 15| Often, too, the media popularize the ethical relativism and 800 V, 30| Socialis, 41; cf. Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, 13). She may 801 III, 15| freedom and progress those positions which are unreservedly pro-life" ( 802 V, 30| affirmed as a value and the possibility of discovering the real 803 II, 9 | life.~Media also make it possible for ethnic groups to cherish 804 III, 18| s media often mirror the post-modern state of a human spirit " 805 V, 27| breakthroughs, with enormous potential for good and ill. As interactivity 806 IV, 22| perpetuation of evils like poverty, illiteracy, political repression 807 III, 16| standards; for they also powerfully influence popular standards 808 III, 18| control and domination; practicing unnecessary secrecy and 809 I, 2 | news to pure entertainment, prayer to pornography, contemplation 810 V, 32| crowds flocked to hear him preach and teach (cf. Mt 8:1,18; 811 V, 32| press of his people. He preached the divine message without 812 I, 5 | social communication, is "precisely her vision of the dignity 813 III, 18| and even-handedness may preclude special treatment for religion' 814 V, 32| And he spoke out of the predicament of their time" (Communio 815 V, 31| dignity and rights, the preferential option for the poor, the 816 II, 10| at many stages in life. Preschoolers being introduced to the 817 IV, 26| personal opinions should not be presented as the Church's teaching ( 818 III, 15| credit to that culture which presents recourse to contraception, 819 II, 9 | serve the common good by preserving and enriching the cultural 820 V, 33| Journalists.~John P. Foley~President~Pierfranco Pastore~Secretary~ ~ ~ 821 V, 32| to say, from out of the press of his people. He preached 822 IV, 25| uncritical passivity, peer pressure, and commercial exploitation. 823 II, 6 | and fulfillment. Without pretending to do more than give an 824 I, 5 | solutions, which under various pretexts seek to convince man that 825 IV, 20| radio broadcasts, on the printed page and the Internet, but 826 II, 10| religious, the home-bound, prisoners, and many others.~ 827 IV, 23| fairness, and respect for privacy.~Professional communicators 828 IV, 24| especially, where media are privately owned and operated for profit.~ 829 III, 14| These expanding pockets of privation in the midst of plenty are 830 IV, 23| unregulated commercialization and privatization does not lie in state control 831 III, 15| positions which are unreservedly pro-life" (Evangelium Vitae, 17).~ 832 IV, 22| only about the messages and processes of social communication 833 I, 3 | Church has the mission of proclaiming the Gospel until the end 834 IV, 22| transformation of the methods of production and consumption devalues 835 I, 4 | they can lead happier, more productive lives. Parents are anxious 836 IV, 22| information technology upon which productivity and prosperity greatly depend. 837 IV, 23| codes of behavior for their profession, in cooperation with public 838 I, 4 | to support those who are professionally involved in communication 839 IV, 25| participation in an organized program or both. More than just 840 I, 2 | innovations may have been only a prologue to what this new century 841 V, 29| fragile, less sensitive, less prone to fail.~ 842 III, 15| and suppress the truth by propaganda and "spin". Rather than 843 V, 31| communicator in particular has a prophetic task, a vocation: to speak 844 I, 3 | old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days 845 IV, 25| Gal 4:17-23). The media propose, and often impose, a mentality 846 V, 30| have a particular duty to protect and promote the common good 847 IV, 26| Church personnel generally. Provided the media are "neutral, 848 III, 16| particular attention should go to providing children and young people 849 IV, 25| readers, acting as models of prudent use of media in the home. 850 V, 32| him who judges justly" (1 Pt 2:22-23). He insisted on 851 II, 8 | instances of competence, public-spiritedness, and devotion to duty.~ 852 I, 1 | governing boards, owners, publishers and station managers, editors, 853 III, 14| case in point: "Based on a purely economic conception of man", 854 IV, 26| access to the media for this purpose. The right of expression 855 III, 17| and skills and help them pursue worthy purposes, not narrow 856 II, 10| degrees, elderly persons pursuing new learning in their latter 857 III, 16| media presentations that put them in living contact with 858 III, 17| communicators is greed that puts profits before persons.~ 859 V, 33| conclusion is clear: "Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every 860 II, 7 | encourages improvements in the quality of existing goods and services 861 V, 27| People can tap directly into quantities of data beyond the reach 862 V, 29| social communication - its quantity, its speed; they do not 863 II, 8 | enable leaders to communicate quickly and directly with the public 864 IV, 24| concerns about some of the "radically new consequences it brings: 865 II, 9 | solve everyday problems, raise the spirits of the sick, 866 I, 4 | most essential" question raised by technological progress: 867 I, 2 | 2).~Technological change rapidly is making the media of communication 868 IV, 24| Circulation, broadcast ratings, and "box office", along 869 III, 18| transcendence within the confines of rationalism and skepticism. Today's 870 V, 27| quantities of data beyond the reach of many scholars and students 871 I, 3 | that, Trinitarian communion reaches out to humankind: The Son 872 V, 29| speed; they do not make the reaching out of mind to mind and 873 IV, 25| criteria, about what to read or watch or listen to. Today 874 I, 4 | neediest and the weakest, and readier to give and to aid all" ( 875 II, 10| introduced to the rudiments of reading and mathematics, young people 876 V, 31| seeking the more perfect realization of the Kingdom in this world 877 IV, 22| good of persons cannot be realized apart from the common good 878 IV, 26| communication is one of the ways of realizing this vision.~ 879 IV, 26| perform functions in her name received communication training. 880 IV, 25| for deeper formation in receiving and using the media, both 881 IV, 22| a serious moral duty to recognize the needs and interests 882 I, 2 | films and videos, audio recordings, electronic communication 883 III, 15| that culture which presents recourse to contraception, sterilization, 884 I, 4 | all" (Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis, 15).~We take it 885 III, 19| The media can at times reduce human beings to units of 886 IV, 24| uniformity in messages that are reduced to pure information, a lack 887 V, 32| Father and at the same time referred them to himself, explaining, " 888 III, 16| excuse to say the media reflect popular standards; for they 889 V, 32| 32. While these reflections are addressed to all persons 890 III, 15| policies and oppressive regimes. They misrepresent opponents 891 IV, 22| approach to nations and regions where what the means of 892 II, 11| in the life of the Church regularly telecast via satellite from 893 IV, 23| control of media but in more regulation according to criteria of 894 IV, 20| besides. The ethical dimension relates not just to the content 895 III, 18| 18. Religious. In the relationship between the means of social 896 III, 15| media popularize the ethical relativism and utilitarianism that 897 II, 9 | shut-ins, and the elderly, and relieve the tedium of life.~Media 898 III, 18| while substituting a bland religiosity that asks little of people; 899 V, 31| Kingdom in this world while remaining aware that, at the end of 900 IV, 23| government intervention remains an instrument of oppression 901 II, 10| opportunities to villagers in remote areas, cloistered religious, 902 II, 7 | function without the media. Remove them, and crucial economic 903 V, 32| day of judgment men will render an account for every careless 904 III, 18| s demand for conversion, repentance, and amendment of life, 905 III, 14| media even as others are reported; and insofar as this reflects 906 V, 30| communicators - writers, editors, reporters, correspondents, performers, 907 IV, 26| Canon 822.1).~Those who represent the Church must be honest 908 IV, 24| systematic, and genuinely representative, not skewed in favor of 909 IV, 23| cooperation with public representatives. Religious bodies and other 910 IV, 22| poverty, illiteracy, political repression and violations of human 911 III, 14| plenty are seedbeds of envy, resentment, tension, and conflict. 912 IV, 25| formation regarding media, resisting the easy path of uncritical 913 V, 32| suffering (e.g., Lk 7:13), and resolute determination to tell them 914 V, 29| nations and peoples, while respecting the cultural traditions 915 III, 16| Communications Media: A Pastoral Response, 10).~On the international 916 II, 6 | cultivate a sense of mutual responsibility, and grow in personal freedom, 917 V, 31| narrow nationalism, and the rest - holding up for all to 918 V, 31| end of time, Jesus will restore all things and return them 919 I, 3 | 2:5-11) - communication restored by the power of the Spirit 920 I, 4 | progress: whether, as a result of it, the human person " 921 I, 5 | Father and of his love, fully reveals man to himself and brings 922 V, 32| was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, 923 V, 32| and further: "When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; 924 I, 2 | society is a real cultural revolution" (Pontifical Council for 925 III, 14| and imbalances that give rise to suffering they report. " 926 V, 29| and political control, by rivalries and conflicts between groups, 927 IV, 20| resources and the performance of roles of public trust are always 928 II, 11| telecast via satellite from Rome. And, over the years, media 929 V, 32| great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown 930 II, 10| being introduced to the rudiments of reading and mathematics, 931 IV, 26| who are invested with a sacred power, are, in fact, dedicated 932 IV, 21| importance, and may never be sacrificed to collective interests.~ 933 III, 16| fact that "pornography and sadistic violence debase sexuality, 934 IV, 24| cannot be counted on to safeguard either the public interest 935 III, 19| sought, whether product sales or political support; and 936 V, 32| about the Father and at the same time referred them to himself, 937 I, 5 | s culture of wisdom can save the media culture of information 938 V, 32| cautioned sternly against scandalizing the "little ones", and warned 939 II, 9 | works and the fruits of scholarship, but also of wholesome popular 940 II, 10| education in many contexts, from school to workplace, and at many 941 V, 27| and value judgments in science, commerce, education, entertainment, 942 V, 27| alone at a keyboard and screen. Communication technology 943 IV, 20| on cinema and television screens, on radio broadcasts, on 944 V, 32| he were thrown into the sea" (Mk 9:42; cf. Mt 18:6, 945 V, 33| President~Pierfranco Pastore~Secretary~ ~ ~ 946 I, 4 | standards present in many sectors of the media.~The contents 947 III, 16| the values of affluent, secularized societies increasingly supplant 948 V, 31| holding up for all to see a body of moral truth based 949 III, 14| the midst of plenty are seedbeds of envy, resentment, tension, 950 IV, 26| truthful answers to these seemingly awkward questions.~Catholics, 951 IV, 25| is to be discerning and selective. They should inform themselves 952 III, 14| it reflects indefensible selectivity. Even more fundamentally, 953 II, 12| level, it is the giving of self in love" (Communio et Progressio, 954 I, 2 | isolated in a narcissistic, self-referential world of stimuli with near-narcotic 955 V, 29| common good? Or will they be selfish and inward-looking, committed 956 III, 19| to motivate, persuade or sell. Still less is it a vehicle 957 IV, 26| This is true not only of seminarians, persons in formation in 958 IV, 24| best indicators of public sentiment - in fact, the only ones 959 V, 29| communication also can be used to separate and isolate. More and more, 960 IV, 24| Specialists, Los Angeles, September 15, 1987).~Circulation, 961 IV, 26| The Church would be well served if more of those who hold 962 V, 33| who hear" (Eph 4:25,29). Serving the human person, building 963 III, 15| tensions and suspicions that set the stage for conflict.~ 964 IV, 22| not do so in a way that sets one group against another - 965 I, 4 | involved in communication by setting out positive principles 966 II, 12| 12. In all these settings - economic, political, cultural, 967 I, 5 | 5. The Church brings several things to this conversation.~ 968 III, 13| based on race and ethnicity, sex and age and other factors, 969 V, 32| In his communications he showed respect for his listeners, 970 I, 2 | effects. Not even those who shun the media can avoid contact 971 II, 9 | the spirits of the sick, shut-ins, and the elderly, and relieve 972 III, 18| are temptations on both sides.~On the side of the media, 973 IV, 25| Life in Community, 34).~Similarly, parents have a serious 974 V, 32| expressing profound truths in simple, everyday terms. Not only 975 II, 12| order to become brothers and sisters, it is necessary to know 976 I, 3 | long journey from Babel, site and symbol of communication' 977 V, 27| human degradation, while sitting alone at a keyboard and 978 V, 32| listeners, sympathy for their situation and needs, compassion for 979 III, 18| confines of rationalism and skepticism. Today's media often mirror 980 IV, 24| genuinely representative, not skewed in favor of particular groups. 981 IV, 23| for example, libel and slander, messages that seek to foster 982 I, 5 | permissive and consumerist solutions, which under various pretexts 983 II, 9 | families together, help people solve everyday problems, raise 984 III, 16| they are not obliged to be somber and dull, they should not 985 IV, 20| upon the distribution of sophisticated technology and product ( 986 III, 19| from whom some advantage is sought, whether product sales or 987 IV, 25| according to ethically sound criteria, about what to 988 II, 7 | a norm of morality or a source of moral value, and market 989 IV, 22| goods between North and South is exacerbated by a maldistribution 990 V, 31| communicator as well - "a spark of his own surpassing wisdom, 991 V, 33| and justice and love, and speaking the truth about human life 992 V, 32| abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his 993 IV, 24| But diversification and specialization - organizing media to correspond 994 V, 32| did not waste time on idle speech or on vindicating himself, 995 V, 29| communication - its quantity, its speed; they do not make the reaching 996 III, 15| truth by propaganda and "spin". Rather than drawing people 997 II, 9 | everyday problems, raise the spirits of the sick, shut-ins, and 998 I, 4 | that is to say more mature spiritually, more aware of the dignity 999 V, 27| commonplace to view events, from sports to wars, happening in real 1000 II, 8 | accountability, turning the spotlight on incompetence, corruption,