“Communicating the Family: A Privileged Placed of Encounter with the Gift of Love”: this is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 49th World Communications Day, which will be celebrated on 17 May 2015.
In its press statement the Vatican said the theme is in continuity with the previous year’s message and that, at the same time, the topic fits into the context of the central theme of the next two synods on the family.
The statement reads: “Today the Church must learn again how to show that the family is a great gift, something good and beautiful. It is called to show more vividly that the gift of love, which the bride and groom offer each other, draws all people to God. This is an exciting task because it moves people to look at the true reality of the human person, and it opens the doors to the future, that is, to life.”