Pope Accuses Media of ‘Indifference’
Pope John Paul II has accused the secular media of “indifference, even hostility” to the message of Christianity and called on those responsible to examine their consciences.
The Roman Catholic pontiff leveled the charge in his message for the 34th World Communications Day, which the church will celebrate June 4 with the theme of “Proclaiming Christ in the Media at the Dawn of the New Millennium.”
Mixed with the criticism, John Paul also praised the media for contributing “to spiritual enrichment in many ways.”
But “in other cases,” the Pope said, the media “display the indifference, even hostility, to Christ and his message that exists in certain sectors of secular culture.”
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