CEPACS at 50: Communications Prefect calls for interconnectedness

AFRICA

The Holy See鈥檚 Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Paolo Ruffini, has said the true purpose of communication is to build communion and relationships, as he visits Lagos, Nigeria, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Pan African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS).

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Paolo Ruffini is in Lagos, Nigeria, for the landmark 50th anniversary of the Pan African Committee for Social Communications. Known by its French acronym of CEPACS 鈥搕his body created by African Bishops to spearhead the Social Communications apostolate on the continent was formed in 1973. It was formed in response to the Second Vatican Council鈥檚 post-conciliar document,

Speaking Sunday morning at the Holy Cross Cathedral of Lagos, Nigeria, Ruffini said communication is more than just conveying information and is more than personalities and media practitioners.

Communication: Towards promoting a synodal church

The CEPACS Golden Jubilee, said Ruffini, should be about celebration and the people of God searching together for ways to move towards a more Christian communication style. He said the fundamental vision of communication should be about connection and creating relationships.

Several Catholic Bishops across Africa have converged on Lagos for the 50th anniversary, whose theme is 鈥淐EPACS AT 50: towards promoting a synodal church in Africa through Social Communications.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

The two-day celebration and conference ends on Tuesday, 21 November. During the two-day gathering, several Bishops and international communication experts will present papers to relaunch the Church media apostolate in Africa.

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