"If a Catholic reader looks for a newspaper that always proves him right, to such an extent he recognises himself in every heading and in every comment, I am afraid Avvenire is not for him". This is one of Dino Boffo’s replies during the interview with SIR, today, the day the Italian Catholic-inspired newspaper turns 40 (full text at old.agensir.it). If a Catholic reader, goes on the editor in chief of Avvenire, "looks for a newspaper that explores the truth of facts, based on a clear but unbiased view of life, a challenging newspaper, a newspaper that makes choices that others do not make, then we can really be friends. Avvenire stands out as an essential tool for those Catholics and those parish communities that love critical thinking, in the awareness that the media are the main carriers of culture, i.e. of thinking and lifestyle models. And that, to be free, Christian, non-spineless citizens, it is essential to be able to understand today’s world and men".
