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What future does the Catholic press have at the height of a digital revolution that is bankrupting many newspapers? According to the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the future will depend on the capacity of Catholic journalism to be faithful to its mission.

Archbishop Claudio Celli added that the communications crises and scandals that the Church has gone through in recent years emphasize even more the need to have means of communication with a Catholic vocation.

The archbishop made these assertions when he opened a global conference of the Catholic press being held in Rome.

Taking part in the meeting, which Benedict XVI will close on Thursday, are some 230 directors or representatives of Catholic newspapers and digital publications, bishops and priests, experts of ecclesial commissions and institutions responsible for communication, as well as university professors.

In his opening address the archbishop presented the Catholic press «as a reality that is close to people, capable of accompanying one’s life, of perceiving the concerns, desires and plans of the people who are its readers — not only of those who belong to the Catholic community.»

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