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The Jesuits, missionaries and educators, are trained to be expert communicators and it is significant that among the first people summoned to meet the new Pope at his hotel suite this morning was fellow Jesuit Father Lombardi – official Vatican spokesperson, head of Vatican Radio (run for many years by the Jesuits) and of the Vatican Press Office.
Under Pope Benedict, Father Lombardi was a mere functionary who had no direct access to the pontiff.
He could not pick up the phone and talk things through quickly with Benedict himself. He received orders from the Vatican Secretariat of State and briefed the press accordingly. All that has changed overnight.
Pope Francis has already decided he will meet the world’s media who have arrived in their thousands to cover the papal election at a special audience on Saturday morning.
This shows a vivid awareness that prayer may not be enough to deal with the situation facing the Catholic Church at this critical moment in its long history. Public relations will be a priority at a particularly sensitive moment of papal transition. Extract from BBC Online.
So when I read the article “Govt will need to be more open, says PM”. (Sunday Times, Mar 17),which went on:
- http://atans1.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/what-the-pope-can-teach-our-pm-and-police/
Under Pope Benedict, Father Lombardi was a mere functionary who had no direct access to the pontiff.
He could not pick up the phone and talk things through quickly with Benedict himself. He received orders from the Vatican Secretariat of State and briefed the press accordingly. All that has changed overnight.
Pope Francis has already decided he will meet the world’s media who have arrived in their thousands to cover the papal election at a special audience on Saturday morning.
This shows a vivid awareness that prayer may not be enough to deal with the situation facing the Catholic Church at this critical moment in its long history. Public relations will be a priority at a particularly sensitive moment of papal transition. Extract from BBC Online.
So when I read the article “Govt will need to be more open, says PM”. (Sunday Times, Mar 17),which went on:
- http://atans1.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/what-the-pope-can-teach-our-pm-and-police/