Words and silence: the relationship between Benedict XVI and the media

Blanco, P. (Pablo)

Authors:

Blanco, P. (Pablo)

Keywords:

Controversy
Social networks
Word
Silence
Truth
Benedict XVI
Ratzinger

Issue Date:

2018

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis Group

ISSN:

2375-3234

Note:

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Citation:

Blanco, P. (Pablo). "Words and silence: the relationship between Benedict XVI and the media". Church, communication and culture. 3 (2), 2018, 87 - 105

Abstract

The relationship between Benedict XVI and the media could be called both tense and intense. In the following pages, I analyze four episodes especially demonstrative of this relationship: the publication of The Ratzinger Report (1985), the controversial Regensburg Address (2006), the subsequent Papal visit to Turkey and the 2010 visit to the United Kingdom–this last one ending, ironically, on an idyllic note. By examining these events, we can better understand Benedict XVI’s reflections about the media and social networks, and the necessary relationship between reason, word, silence and truth.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/65838

DOI:

10.1080/23753234.2018.1478228

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DA - Teología - Pastoral y Catequesis - Artículos de Revista

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