communication

While facing sometimes angry criticism in social media, the pope repeatedly has encouraged journalists to “unmask” destructive news, guard against reporting “fake news” and to undertake their important work with humility in the search for truth.

St. Augustine was a “seller of words.” Prior to his conversion, St. Augustine was a professor of rhetoric in Rome, making money teaching students how to speak well and persuade audiences.

The Central Minnesota Catholic had some fun designing an adapted (and Catholic) version of the “Newlywed Game,” posing both entertaining and thoughtful questions to two couples about marriage.

The pope explains what motivates his signature style of spontaneously speaking and engaging with people, including the papal plane’s “lion’s den” of journalists, despite knowing the risks and slip-ups that might result.

Today, we have so many options available to help us communicate even better with our family, friends, those right next door and around the world. Unfortunately, we seem to be struggling with our ability to communicate with others, with ourselves and with God.

This meditative film has a great deal to tell us about communication, language and the patience required to enter into the cultural environment of a higher intelligence.