SYNOD OF BISHOPS: "MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD" ” “” ” ” “

” ” "The Word of God must be present in all the world paths, which today include communication through information technology, television and the virtual reality". It is an excerpt from the "Message to the people of God by the Synod of bishops". The Vatican Press Room made known a synthesis of it today. "The Bible – wrote the synodal fathers – should enter the families, because parents and children should read it, and let them pray with it. Be the Bible a light for their steps in their lives". However "the Holy Scriptures – added the bishops meeting at the Vatican – should also enter schools and cultural circles. For centuries, they were actually the most important points of reference for art, literature, music and thought, as well as common ethics itself. Their symbolic, poetic and narrative wealth renders them an emblem of beauty, for both faith and culture, in a world which is often dishonoured by ugliness and mean things". (To be continued) ” ” ” ” ” ” ” “