Vatican
City, 7 November 2013 (VIS) – With the theme “Evangelising the
soul of Europe”, the bishops responsible for social communication
of the European Episcopal Conferences will meet for three days in
Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the challenges and instruments available
to communicate the Gospel in the context of contemporary Europe, in a
state of constant flux.
The
meeting, promoted by the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
(CCEE) Commission on Social Communications, presided by Bishop Jose
Ignacio Munilla Aguirre of San Sebastian, Spain, will open tomorrow
afternoon with a discussion by Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach,
archbishop of Barcelona, on innovative communications in his
archdiocese and a presentation of the new CCEE website. This will be
followed by a debate chaired by Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli on the
fifty years that have passed since the “Inter mirifica” decree,
its history, and the changes that have occurred since its
publication.
Among
other topics, on 9 November there will be a discussion on “marketing
the Gospel”, or rather, how commercial means of communication can
be used for proclaiming the Gospel; technology in the service of the
Church, and the communication of Pope Francis.
In
the city of Antonio Gaudi, the European bishops will also have the
opportunity to consider the role of architecture in the communication
of the beauty of creation, and on Sunday, 10 November, at the end of
the meeting, they will visit the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia,
guided by the architect Jordi Bonet, who will describe how the work
of Gaudi may be interpreted as an inseparable unity of liturgy and
architecture.
