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Uwielbienie Boga w przekazie medialnym
God: the Important Mass Media’s Receiver

From the Guidelines of the First Papal Radio Message

Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: mass media; Pius XI; radio; social communication; social life; spirituality; Vatican Radio

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the first papal radio message transmitted on February 12, 1931. A particular attention was paid to the understanding of the media message presented there as addressed to everyone, and therefore having a character not only global, but universal. According to Pope Pius XI this universality means also addressing to God (in the act of praise and thanksgiving). It is a fact that this conception seems to be not particularly noticed – is God. The context of the first Pope’s radio message, the image of God shown by Pope Pius XI, including God’s beneficial relationships with other recipients of the message was discussed. The first Pope’s radio message of Pius XI from 1931 contains indications that can help better understand and fully utilize the great, even growing media’s possibilities nowadays and in the future.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 101-124
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish