PAUL VI
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER
FOR THE WORLD SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY
FOR THE WORLD SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY
Theme: Social Communications and the Fundamental Rights and Duties of Man
Beloved Sons and daughters of the Catholic Church and Men of Goodwill!
The annual celebration of "World Communication Day" is undertaken in fulfillment of a directive imposed by the Second Vatican Council (cfr. Decree, Inter mirifica no. 18), and it, happily, provides a suitable occasion for us to remind Ourself, the People of God, and all the members of the human family, of the extraordinary possibilities and the weighty responsibilities which arise for us all in consequence of the ever-widening influence of the mass-media and their continuing technical advances.
