Papal Spokeman: Every Intentional Concealment of the Truth, Will Exact a Dear Price in the End

TORONTO, June 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Jesuit Father Frederico Lombardi, the director of the Holy See Press Office, addressed the Catholic Media Convention in Toronto Thursday providing a fascinating study in effective communications. Lombardi, who also oversees Vatican Television and Vatican Radio, spoke on "When the Pope speaks to the world" analyzing the strategy behind Papal communications. A key message in Fr. Lombardi's talk was the "balance between the positive message and the clear identification of evils, divisions, weaknesses and dangers" present in the world....

"We have to know how to recognize and denounce the evils, the risks and the dead ends present in contemporary culture." The consequences for failure in this regard are dire, he suggested.

"It is vitally important to tell the truth with clarity and simplicity. Every ambiguity, every reticence and, worse still, every intentional concealment of the truth, will exact a dear price in the end. The vicissitudes connected to the sexual abuse crisis were the weightiest proof of this...."

We witness the lies and deceptions daily - we seem to be bombarded with them from all sides. And, of course, everyone suffers that 'dear price' because of it.