Identity & Dialogue

The VII Professional Seminar, organized by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, and which brought together more than 300 participants from all over the world, has drawn to a close. Eugene Ohu, from InterMedia Consulting moderated one of the discussion group.  

"I believe the theme is fundamental, not only from the standpoint of Christian identity, meaning, the way of living coherently one's own faith, but also from the point of view of Communications, in that both Christians and the Church can improve in the field of Communications."

It was an opportunity for communications experts and journalists to see how a strong identity can help dialogue, as the President of the Seminar's Organization Committee highlighted.

"A strong, concrete identity helps to create dialogue; for reporters, it is a lot easier to talk with a speaker when they know what that speaker thinks, a speaker that has a specific message, a point of departure, instead of just talking about general subjects.

It was a forum for discussing how identity is a point of departure for dialogue, the identity of the Church, the attractive and fascinating side of the Christian message, the beauty of Christ's message."

The Seminar is a reference point for the Church's spokespersons throughout the world and this year it was held for the 7th time.  Among the themes that were addressed was the response from social communications to the sexual abuse crisis and how the Church needs to be more present within social networks. The speakers underlined how having a defined identity is not an obstacle for dialogue.