SIGNIS World Congress 2022 at Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by LiCAS.news)
Aug 17 2022
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, hailed the role of media, especially Catholic media, in promoting peace.
“I am glad that SIGNIS raises awareness on the role of the media in propping conflict or promoting peace,” said the cardinal in a message sent to the delegates at the SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul on Wednesday, August 17.
SIGNIS is the World Catholic Association for Communication, an organization whose mission is to “help transform cultures in the light of the Gospel by promoting human dignity, justice and reconciliation.”
This year’s gathering, which is taking place at Sogang University in Seoul until August 19, carries the theme “Peace in the Digital World.”
“I am greatly enthused by the gathering of all men and women of good will, shepherding the world towards the greener pastures of peace in the digital world,” Cardinal Bo said in his opening statement.
He said working for peace “is an ambitious project in a world spiraling into self mutilating discourses of war,” but he said that as followers of Christ “we shall never bend our knees to the arrogance of violence or threat of Evil.”
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