The Gozitan Journalists Association and the Gozo Curia marked the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists, with the celebration of Mass by Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma at Pope John Paul II Family Institute, in Victoria, on January 23.
Mgr Salv Grima, himself a journalist, assisted Mgr Teuma, while the association’s president, Charles Spiteri, and secretary, Joe M. Attard, read the lessons.
In his homily, Mgr Teuma quoted extracts from the message by Pope Francis for World Communications Day.
He stressed on the “come and see” method which can serve as an inspiration for all those involved in communication.
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Pope Francis has urged journalists not to remain entrenched in their offices, but to go out to see and verify the news where it is actually happening. Original investigative reporting. is being replaced by a reportage that adheres to a standard, often tendentious narrative [that] is less and less capable of grasping the truth of things and the concrete lives of people, much less the more serious social phenomena, the pope laments in a message to mark the Catholic Church s 55th World Communications Day.
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The Gozitan Journalists Association (1960) and the Gozo Curia are marking the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists, with the celebration of Mass by Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma at Pope John Paul II Family Institute in Victoria, on Saturday, January 23, at 7pm.
The association’s secretary, Chev. Joe M. Attard, is urging journalists and writers to attend the Mass and follow Mgr Teuma’s special message.
Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation.
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