Catholic Archbishop urges media practitioners to be agents of evangelisation

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By Stellamaris Ashinze

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Sunday urged media practitioners to be agents of evangelisation through their news reporting.

The Archbishop made the call in his homily at a virtual Mass celebrated at the Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos, to commemorate the 54th Anniversary of the World Communucation Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this year’s theme of the World Communication Sunday by His Holiness, Pope Francis is:  “The Value of Storytelling and its Importance in Shaping Lives’’.

Adewale said that stories had influence on people’s behaviour, adding that there was the need to find truth in the stories being disseminated.

According to him, there are stories that build people together and there are also stories that create division.

”In the stories that create division, there are news items that do not care about fact.

”It is in this face that the Holy Father calls us to isolate the truth that…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria