Pope Francis to mark 50 years of
the newspaper Avvenire in Italy
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| 1902 edition of "L'avvenire d'Italia" a forerunner of Avvenire. |
Pope Francis meets today with about 400 members of the staff
of the Avvenire newspaper, along with their families, to commemorate the
newspaper’s 50th anniversary.
By Vatican News staff
The daily newspaper of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Avvenire,
was founded in December 1968 with the merging of two other newspapers,
Bologna’s “L’Avvenire di Italia” and Milan’s “L’Italia”.
According to the journal’s website, its existence is connected with “a person,
a choice, and an event”.
The person
Blessed Pope Paul VI gave much support to the newspaper,
particularly its efforts to provide Italian Catholics with a common cultural
medium.
The choice
Avvenire was founded as a popular instrument of
information and comment on the reality of the contemporary world. It was a
concrete choice made in response to the Second Vatican Council as a means to
communicate the Gospel and the spirit of that same Council.
The event
The event that characterizes the foundation of this daily
Catholic journal is the publication of Inter Mirifica (Decree
On the Media of Social Communication) which was approved on December 4, 1963.
Avvenire Today
Pope Francis himself gave an interview to Avvenire in
November 2016, just a few days before the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. He
answered 23 questions by Italian journalist Stefania Falasca, a personal friend
of the Pope whom he contacted by telephone a few moments after his election to
the See of Peter. Mercy, ecumenism, and his reflections on the legacy of the
Second Vatican Council were among the topics that he discussed.
Avvenire is one of the few newspapers in Italy
whose circulation is growing, despite competition from online news sources.
Recent innovations at the paper, such as including regular features on
bioethics and culture, as well as a jobs and employment section, are said to be
key factors in the rise in circulation.
In addition to church news, the paper covers topics as
diverse as politics, international affairs, economics and history. An entire
section of its website is devoted to the 50th Anniversary
celebrations of the paper.
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