(From our correspondent SirEuropa in Esztergom Hungary) – Even the Church cannot do without a strict training in linguistic competence." "It is no longer acceptable that Christian communicators, who have studied and analysed thoroughly the content of faith for years, are still ignoring the basic rules of oral communication, especially that of the media". This is what Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), said today at the assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) in Esztgorm (Budapest). The traditional ways of transmitting the faith, based on catechism, on a sacramental life and on a witness to charity, are and will remain central," said Cardinal Bagnasco "but it is crucial that they pay an increasing attention to the influence of mass media culture in their way to express it." "Concerning the Gospel, in order for it to be communicated in a ‘changing world’ they will have to be extremely familiar with the great Christian tradition that ‘does not change’. They must have a deep spiritual and intellectual knowledge of the Gospel itself as well as an acceptable understanding of contemporary languages, thinking styles, lifestyles and cultural climate," which makes them even more suitable than their past counterparts for conveying the Christian meaning."
