Entwicklungshilfe im Bereich der Massenmedien

Abstract

„Wer von Euch, der einen Turm bauen will, setzt sich nicht zuerst hin und berechnet
die Kosten, ob er genug habe, um fertig zu bauen?" Das ist die klassische Stelle bei
Lukas (14, 28), die uns die Maßstäbe auch für die Massenmedienhilfe der Kirche liefert. Wenn man dazu noch seinen Appell nimmt, nicht „ohne festen Grund" zu bauen,
so hat man ein fertiges Programm dieser Massenmedienhilfe.
In New York beim Weltkongreß der katholischen Presse 1965 hat eine Resolution
aufgezeigt, wie dieses Programm verwirklicht werden soll. (...)

English

The Catholic Church, represented by its institutions and organisations, by the Council and the Pope, wants an additional aid for mass media in the developing countries. At present many pertinent actions are already under way. The German collecting campaigns "Misereor" and "Adveniat" have spent more than 11 respectively 7 millions DM for this action until today. Catholic activities in the USA, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France, also the Roman Curia, have given similar aid. A step forward is the arrangement of a central registration for the individual actions: by the "Cooperation Internationale pour le Developpement Socio-Economique" (CIDSE) in Brussels. However the "atomistic" kind of actions remains quite a problem, until there is no practical coordination of developing programs. For different historical reasons the Church as a worldwide institution
was standing somewhat in the background until now. Occasionally regional progress
brought differences and caused rivalries. The establishment of a central institute for
media-planning and media-cooperation: i. e. a "round table" for people engaged in developing the mass media will be necessary. This institute should not be identical with the Papal Commission for the Mass Media.