Signis, the World Catholic Association for Communication, today calls for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and for "an end to the widespread suffering of innocent civilians in Lebanon and across the Middle East".In a statement signed by its president, Augustine Loorthusamy, Signis "expresses heartfelt solidarity and support for our members in Lebanon", and prays "for all those communicators who are struggling to bring messages of hope and peace in this time of war and destruction". Signis calls upon "all the news media to contribute towards building a culture of peace in the Middle East by presenting a fair and balanced picture of the situation in Lebanon. As a World Association of Catholic professionals in communications we, in turn, re-commit ourselves to ensure that in Lebanon and across the Middle East the “voices of the voiceless” are heard and the “faces of the faceless” are seen in the media.”
