ZAMBIA: Catholic Journalists in Zambia Urged to Tell Stories of Change

Vatican Delegates

Sandra Kunda

The Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, the Dicastery of Social Communications at the Vatican, and the Hilton Foundation successfully held a press conference with Catholic journalists in Lusaka.

Among the issues discussed was the collaboration with the media in promoting human Integral development and information dissemination on issues such as climate change, human trafficking, synodality, and human rights, among others.

Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, the Secretary of the Dicastery of the Promotion of Integral Human Development, emphasized that the media work with them so that human challenges can be transformed into issues that can be evaluated and create solutions.

Meanwhile, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery of Social Communications, assured the media of continued support to bring out stories of change, encouraging more lay and Religious women to get actively involved in communication for the Church.

And Sr. Jane Wakahiu, the Associate Vice President, Program Operations, and Head of Catholic Sisters at the Hilton Foundation, applauded the Catholic media organizations for always giving people hope through their story-telling.

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