CATHOLIC RADIO CONGRESS: BENEDICT XVI, "YOU ARE IN THE SERVICE OF THE WORD"

"Dear friends, by working at Catholic radios, you are in the service of the Word", added Benedict XVI during the audience at the Vatican, this morning. He said that to the representatives of radio stations. "The words which you broadcast every day – he pointed out – echo the Eternal Word which became flesh", and are fruitful only if they are capable of serving "the eternal Word, Jesus Christ". In spite of the use of modern technologies, pointed out the Pope later on, "the words you broadcast are also humble, and sometimes you might feel they get completely lost among other noises and more powerful mass media". However, he exhorted them, "don’t become discouraged". Those words actually "reach numerous people": those who are alone, who "listen to your words as a consoling gift", or the curious, "interested in what they are listening to". Furthermore, there are listeners who "do not attend the Church because they belong to different religions or have no religion, and others, who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ", and the radio allows them the listen to the "words of salvation" for the first time. ” “