"This edition updates and develops the concerns of the emerging field especially also in view of growing technical developments. The section on Evangelizing communication has been partly re-written to more clearly indicate the communication dimension of the field." (Preface)
"O texto é bem abrangente. Destaco alguns temas importantes: é fundamental o trabalho de todos, especialmente das mídias, em prol da unidade da Igreja; é fundamental que cada mídia consiga expressar a catolicidade; as mídias têm responsabilidades na formação da cidadania, conforme orientaç
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ão da doutrina social da Igreja; as mídias também são importantes para a catequese litúrgica, uma vez que “fazem escola” nas comunidades locais; a ética dos agentes que interagem nas mídias, particularmente na questão comercial de produtos ligados ou não à religião; cumplicidade na missionariedade da Igreja; compromisso com a Palavra, a Tradição e o Magistério, pois é isso que define a catolicidade de uma Midia que se diz a serviço da Igreja." (Dom Darci José Nicioli, presidente da Comissão Episcopal para a Comunicação e coordenador de todo o processo de composição do documento, em https://pascombrasil.org.br/aprovado-texto-de-orientacoes-pastorais-para-as-midias-catolicas-do-brasil)
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"The purpose of this study is to determine whether the media language code is suitable for transmitting religious messages. In religious media communication one observes a tendency not to respect the classical news values, and in fact tends to limit them. This approach makes religious media communic
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ation fail at the start. Using textual analysis and qualitative research techniques, e.g., focus groups and Delphi, we investigate some news values relate (positively or negatively) to the religious messages. Here we present three most expressive of them: conflict, scandalousness and story. If messages are formed by news values, then religious messages are formed by means of values that we named the gospel values and can be identified with traditional Catholic Church virtues. Finding possible connections between the news values and the gospel values seems to be one of the basic solutions for the religious message media coding." (Abstract)
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"This study aims to examine the pastoral situations of Wenzhou Diocese, to evaluate the formation for laity in Wenzhou Diocese under pastoral communication perspective, to find its positive and critical signs, as well as to analyze the pastoral needs, which leads to integrate pastoral communication
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in lay formation. The survey result shows that “Xue Xi Ban” (Basic Ecclesial Community in Wenzhou context) helps laity in Wenzhou to know Catholic faith, to live as Christian, to have sense of belonging, and to exercise their vocation and mission. The lack of Catechists, the study content, need for community building, and missing structural support, are the critical signs of “Xue Xi Ban”, which indicates the pastoral needs for lay formation. These needs are categorized as the need of strengthening pastoral communication in ministry (Preaching, Catechesis, Liturgy, Biblical Apostolate, and Service), the need of formation for catechists, and the need of means of social communication. This study also finds out seven challenges for lay formation: the Atheistic approach, the political pressure, the threat of Materialism, the impact of migration, the family problem, the division among the Catholic Church, and lack witness of life. The pastoral needs and challenges demand an emphasis on pastoral communication. By using the “Wenzhou Model of development”, the research explores the possibilities of integrating pastoral communication in lay formation, which includes to make a five-year pastoral plan, to promote Basic Ecclesial Community, to use possible agents for lay formation, and to create possible programs for lay formation." (Abstract)
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"The history of Catholic mission in China has revealed the fact that the encounter of the Gospel with Chinese culture and people, beginning with the folk customs and the further dialogue with Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism. The summit of Church mission is in the period of Ming Dynasty. Matteo Ric
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ci, a Jesuit missionary, is considered the apostle of China. Since then, his missionary approach – the accommodation missionary strategy affirmed by the Second Vatican Council as the model of “Inculturation” – is widely studied not only in China but the entire world. The key to understand Ricci’s missionary method is Ricci himself. It is the initial step to explore his ministry and missionary activities in history, the Ming Dynasty. Pastoral and Evangelizing communication centers on the ministers, precisely, discussing the ways and means of pastoral and evangelizing ministry of the Church ad extra and ad intra. The decisive element to foster a competent communicator requires the communicative disposition, which means to open. Pastoral and Evangelizing communication also highlights to proper use the mass means of social communication to achieve the proclamation of Christ in Chinese context. Time has changed. Today, the Church in China needs to deal with the Sino-Vatican relationship, the divisions inside the Church and the social-economic challenges. The study tries to further investigate Ricci’s Missionary activities and approaches and to analyze it from the perspective of pastoral and evangelizing communication, so as to help pastoral ministers living in the 21st century in China." (Abstract)
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"A obra reúne conteúdos publicados pela autora ao longo de sua pesquisa sobre o tema Igreja e comunicação. Neste sentido, Igreja e Sociedade, vem ao encontro do interesse crescente no campo da comunicação por parte da Igreja, de pesquisadores, de professores. Ressalta-se que o conteúdo deste
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livro não se restringe somente àqueles que pertencem à Igreja Católica, uma vez que resgata a trajetória da relação entre Igreja e comunicação, sobretudo, em sua abertura para uma nova evangelização a partir do Concílio Vaticano II até os nossos dias. O método de trabalho na comunicação, apresentado na obra, considera a compreensão da Igreja sobre comunicação nos anos que precederam o Concílio. A ênfase é posta neste como um marco "divisor de águas", pois a partir dele há progressivamente uma abertura para o diálogo e, portanto, uma reflexão mais sólida para compreender que a comunicação é o "eixo" de todas as pastorais. O objetivo da obra é oferecer um caminho metodológico que ajude a interpretar o diálogo entre fé e cultura, segundo o Magistério da Igreja. Complementando a metodologia, propõe ao leitor, no final de cada capítulo, sugestões que o ajudarão a refletir e agir, aprofundar e dinamizar a reflexão sobre os conteúdos apresentados." (Descrição da editora de livros)
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"Consideramos que o Diretório de Comunicação da Igreja no Brasil aponta, essencialmente, para três novos rumos na comunicação católica brasileira. Um deles é a disseminação da cultura de educação para os meios. A preocupação da Igreja vai além do domínio das técnicas de produção,
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mas, sim, em conduzir a sociedade à reflexão sobre a influência desses meios na vida das famílias e, consequentemente, na vida da sociedade. Percebemos, no texto, a atenção da Igreja em proporcionar e incentivar momentos de reflexão sobre os meios de comunicação, a fim de que todos os cristãos tenham condição de fazer uso crítico desses meios. Observamos, ainda, certa maturidade no pensamento e comportamento da Igreja para o uso dessas ferramentas, sugerindo uma perspectiva estratégica de utilização dos meios de comunicação. Outro rumo assinalado no documento é o desenvolvimento da Pastoral da Comunicação no país. Anteriormente, a pastoral não possuía documento oficial da Igreja, com tantas orientações sobre sua ação e atuação. Agora, com essa publicação, as atividades e a presença dessa iniciativa tem ainda mais possibilidade de se desenvolver e crescer." (Conclução)
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"The study is divided into three parts: Part One is a discussion on brief history of civil war in Myanmar especially in Kachin State, the past experiences of the Church in pastoral and evangelizing communication in Kachin State and the current life situation of the Kachin refugees. In Part Two, we p
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resent the concept of refugees from the Church documents and social teaching of the Church, and. the Church’s approach of Pastoral and Evangelizing Communication. Part three is a discussion on how the Church responds to the pastoral needs of the refugees and it also proposes some qualifications of communicators that the Church ministers would be able to respond effectively to the needs of the Kachin refugees." (Abstract)
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"This study presents the results of research into the media's capacity to carry religious messages. It is based on a qualitative content analysis of original texts inspired by religious motives in Slovak Catholic and secular press. The main focus is the messages as such, related topoi (bases for arg
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uments) and their epiphenomena. The study focuses on the topoi and seeks an answer to the following key question: What ‘common ideas’ (in Greek topoi) do mass-media messages and religious messages refer to? Based on the comparison of the topoi of original religious messages and messages covered by media, the study concludes that the key topoi of religious messages and of media messages resulting from it differ significantly. The difference in topoi arises mainly from a different pre-understanding –that is, attitude of faith / absence of faith in a journalist, and the related trust / distrust of the church. Apart from basic personal predispositions, the study points to a number of important factors such as comprehensibility, attitude on the capacity of mass media to evangelize, compliance with journalistic form, understanding of the role of news values (conflict in particular), and level of religiousness of the language used in massmedia communication. Finally, the study offers several recommendations and outlines the challenges faced by church and secular media communicators." (Abstract)
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