Claudio Maria Celli

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President of the Vatican Television Centre (2009–16)
Alma materPontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Pontifical Lateran University
Styles of
Claudio Celli
Your Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

Claudio Maria Celli (born 20 July 1941), is an

Roman Catholic Church. An archbishop, Celli was President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
from 2007 to 2016.

Biography

Vatican Secretariat of State
.

On 16 December 1995, Celli was appointed Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Titular Archbishop of

episcopal consecration on 6 January 1996 from Pope John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía serving as co-consecrators
.

Pope Benedict XVI named him President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications on 27 June 2007.[2]

He stated in January 2008 that Catholic media "should not become...instruments of a religious or cultural fundamentalism".[3] He continued: "Our media is directed not just to Catholics, but to all men...they don't exist only for–or are directed only to–people who already belong to the Church, rather they should also give careful attention to what exists in the soul of man, in his heart, where sometimes there can be distance from God, or many times, a deep nostalgia for God."

Formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See, represented by Monsignor Claudio Maria Celli (left), and Israel, represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin, December 1993

In January 2009, he announced an agreement with Google to build a joint venture giving Benedict XVI his own YouTube channel.[4]

On 5 January 2011 he was appointed one of the first members of the newly created

Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.[5] Marking the 2012 World Day of Communications, Archbishop Celli, speaking on Pope Benedict's message of silence said, "the topic chosen by the Holy Father for this World Day of Social Communications is attentive to today’s communicative phenomena and invites us all to reflect on this fundamental point: Silence is an integral part of communication. This is why, when we wish communication to be genuinely human -- because it begins from one man and is addressed to other men -- the word that is communicated must be nourished by silence to be more meaningful, to be more true. Because it is in silence that I hear, it is in silence that I understand more attentively what are the needs, the sufferings, the search for the good and true that is in the heart of other men".[6]

In September 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.06.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Catholic Media Also Need "Info-Ethics"". Zenit. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Google to Team Up with Vatican". Zenit. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.01.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy Office. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Vatican Official on Pope's Message for Sunday's Communications Day". Zenit. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.09.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Undersecretary for Relations with States

1 December 1990 – 16 December 1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
16 December 1995 – 27 June 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
27 June 2007 – March 2016 		Succeeded by
none, dicastary dissolved
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