This theme, according to a Vatican communiqué, focuses on the human person who is at the heart of all communication processes. Even in an age that is largely dominated, and at times conditioned, by the new technologies, the value of personal witness remains essential.
To approach the truth and to take on the task of sharing it requires the ?guarantee? of authenticity of life from those who work in the media, and especially from Catholic journalists?an authenticity of life that is no less required in our digital age. On its own, technology cannot establish or enhance a communicator?s credibility, nor can it serve as a source of the values which guide communication. The truth must remain the firm and
unchanging point of reference of the new media and the digital world, opening up new horizons of information and knowledge. Ideally, it is the pursuit of truth which constitutes the fundamental objective of all those who work in the media. The full text of the message for the 45th World Communications Day will be released on 24 January 2011, the Feast of St. Francis De Sales, patron of journalists.
(Vatican Radio)