VATICAN CITY, MAR 26, 2004 (VIS) - Archbishop John Foley, president of he Pontifical Council for Social Communications spoke today at noon at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum at a meeting that studied Consecrated Life and the Culture of Communications and the Magisterium of the Church in the field of communications.
In his talk, which focussed on a brief history of the Church in the field of communications, the archbishop listed six phases in this history: 1. the Bible, which "with Gutenberg, became the first book printed with movable type"; 2. printing, which made possible the multiplication of books; 3. the birth of periodicals, including religious ones, among which is the Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano; 4. the advent of the cinema in the 1890s; 5. the founding of Vatican Radio and 6: the establishment of the Vatican Television Center in 1983 by Pope John Paul II.
The Archbishop said "we should pay attention not only to the Holy Father's words about communications, but also to his example as a communicator. He is effective and credible because he is authentic."
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