World Communications Day 2026
Communicating through closeness, truth and communion
In a world full of messages, screens and permanent connections, World Communications Day 2026 invites us to stop and ask ourselves: what does it really mean to communicate?
In his message for World Communications Day 2026, Pope Leo XIV invites us to “guard human voices and faces”. This call reminds us that communicating is not only transmitting information, but caring for people, bonds and concrete stories. He calls us to always keep in mind that behind every profile, comment or message there is a human face that needs to be heard, recognized and loved.
As Daughters of Jesus, we feel that this invitation connects deeply with our way of living the mission. Our Constitutions already speak of the “capacity for communication, so necessary in our relationship with our neighbors” (CFI 14). They also point out how “frequent contact and mutual communication” strengthens the union among those who, scattered in so many places, share the same charism and mission (CFI 236).
Communication that creates communion
Digital technologies today offer enormous possibilities for meeting, accompanying each other and sustaining hope. Often a phone call, a message or a videoconference make the closeness present in the midst of distance.
Our most current congregational documents also insist on the importance of authentically human communication: “It is urgent to strengthen communication at all levels to make it more inclusive, to strengthen fraternal bonds, the union of souls and the sense of belonging to a body in mission” (GC XIX, 14).
Perhaps this is one of the great challenges of our time: to humanize communication. To make our networks, conversations and digital spaces places where people can feel welcomed, respected and truly listened to.
Communicating in the style of Saint Candida
St. Candida Maria de Jesus understood very well the power of communication to sustain life and mission long before the digital era. Through hundreds of letters she accompanied processes, encouraged communities and cared for individuals.
We want to continue to learn to communicate in this way: with truth, prudence, sensitivity and hope. As is also expressed in the Determination of GC XIX: “We wish to have a reciprocal communication that strengthens transparency, co-responsibility and fraternal bonds” (GC XIX, 34).
It may help us to reflect…
– How am I living my relationships and conversations in the digital world?
– Do my words in social networks help to build encounter and humanity?
– Do I know how to truly listen to those who think, feel or live differently than I do?
– What kind of presence do I want to be in digital spaces?
– How can we communicate the Gospel today through closeness and care for people?
May this World Communications Day help us to be a human and evangelical presence also in the digital world. Because communicating the Gospel continues to mean, above all, making each person feel that his or her life matters.
