I like Pastoral Letters. Here is Bishop Philip Tartaglia’s Communications Sunday Pastoral Letter
The Pope warns that the mass media can be used for ideological purposes, and â??can tend to legitimise or impose distorted models of personal, family or social lifeâ??. As Scottish Catholics, we know only too well how true this is, and we are keenly aware of how rarely our own media represents us as people of faith in a fair or balanced manner.
Today, mass communications can fairly be charged with losing the ethical underpinning that once existed. It is a sad reality that those involved in the production and dissemination of much of our media content do not themselves share the religious or moral perspectives of their audience. There has occurred a fundamental disconnection between the provider and the consumer. While the last national census showed that over two thirds of Scots described themselves as Christians, few of those who work in radio, television and the press share this identity.
So the Scots have one faith, while their Media has another quite different faith. Ah well, as long as we know, I suppose. I wasn’t aware that ‘Communications Sunday’ was a feast of the Church, but why not? Let’s have a day for everything, only let the Scots Catholics lead so we English Anglicans can trail along behind. I’ll go back to the Scottish Catholic Media Office
