(Catholic Church England and Wales).- Greg Burke gave this year's World Communications Day lecture to media professionals in central London - Heythrop College. You can watch it here.

Vatican City (CNS) -- With slightly more of a swipe than a tap, Pope Francis helped the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States broaden its reach around the world by unlocking a smartphone app.At the end of an audience with national directors of pontifical mission societies from around the world May 17, Oblate Father Andrew Small, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, brought an iPad up to the pope for the launch.Father Small -- who brought two iPads and two mobile hotspots with him to the papal audience -- had been called into the…

 Dear Father Rif'at Bader, Director of the Catholic Media Center, It is a pleasure for me to send my greetings and best wishes to you on the occasion of the first anniversary of the opening of the Catholic Media Centre in Amman, Jordan. I recall fondly our meeting last year, shortly before the dedication of the Centre, when we gathered in Harissa, Lebanon, with Bishops from across the Middle East to discuss the theme: "Communication as a means of evangelization, dialogue, and peace in the Middle East".  I have been kept up-to-date on the work of the Catholic Media Centre…

NAIROBI (CISA)- Catholic media houses in Kenya will from May 9-12 hold a four-day- media festival at the Radio Waumini grounds in Ruaraka Nairobi. The theme of the festival is: Social Networks: Portals of truth and faith: New spaces for evangelization.The same theme will mark the 2013 Catholic Church World Communications Day, marked on Sunday, May 12 every year. The occasion will also mark the 10th Anniversary of the Radio Waumini, a project of the Catholic Bishops in the country. The festival has been jointly organized by catholic media houses including: Radio Waumini, The Seed, CISA, National Mirror; BEAMs, Ukweli…

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