By Deborah Castellano Lubov
“Little by little, I’m getting to know you… there are so many of you! I know you work with passion to spread the words and actions of the Pope everywhere. You do this every day, in a discreet and hidden way. But today I’m happy because I have the opportunity to see you, to meet you — especially in this family setting, all together.”
Pope Leo XIV greeted journalists and employees of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication in the heart of the Vatican, saying, “I’m happy to spend a little time with you, who make up the large working community of the Dicastery for Communication.”
Familial encounter, like our Church
The Pope expressed his delight at meeting them “let’s say, in a ‘family format,’ and I rejoice with you in that. Because the Church is a family, a family of families.”
He also said he was pleased to meet in front of the renowned Palazzina Leone XIII — the first seat of Marconi’s radio station in the Vatican Gardens, which, he added, “reminds us of Pope Leo XIII and, in particular, his attention to the means of social communication.”
The Pope commended the Dicastery employees for recalling the importance of prayer in their efforts. “How important it is,” Pope Leo underscored, “that our communication is accompanied by prayer!”
Our prayer is what makes the difference
“I would say that this makes all the difference,” he continued, reflecting, “The world might not know this, might not understand it — but we do, we know it, and we must always try to do it: accompany our daily communication work with prayer.”
The Holy Father acknowledged the Dicastery’s professionals come from many different countries, with different languages and types of work, “but all this diversity is put at the service of a single goal: to help the Pope and the Holy See communicate the Good News to the whole world.”
