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50th anniversary of Catholic Television in Monte Carlo
In February 1958, the first-ever International Television Meeting brought together participants from a total of twelve countries. The event took place in the Principality of Monaco and was organized by the International Catholic Association for Television and Radio, UNDA, which was to become SIGNIS, and which, each year, awards a Special prize to a programme competing in Monaco.
This experimental concept proved a resounding success thanks to the wholehearted support it received from Prince Rainier III who, three years later, used it is a blueprint for creating the Monte Carlo TV Festival.
Half a century on, it is good to remind ourselves of this Christian initiative, which provided a forum in which experiences, and ideas could be expressed and shared with a view to providing guidance and status to religious TV programmes.
The Festival's Mass will commemorate this anniversary. It will be led by His Eminence, Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, in the Church of Saint-Charles, on Sunday 10 June at 6.30 pm.
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