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The Culture Classroom of the Cajamurcia Foundation will host tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12, at 8:00 pm, the presentation of the Navarro-Valls book.

The spokesman, who gathers 20 testimonies of friends and colleagues of the Cartagena journalist Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936-2017), spokesman of the Holy See for 22 years.

Carlos Egea Krauel, president of the Cajamurcia Foundation, Alberto Aguirre de Cárcer, director of La Verdad, and the brothers of the protagonist of the book: Javier Navarro-Valls, former deputy director general of Cajamurcia, and Rafael Navarro-Valls, will intervene. editor of the publication and professor emeritus of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Published by Ediciones Rialp, the book delves into the figure of Joaquín Navarro-Valls -the first layman and the first non-Italian to occupy the position of spokesman of the Holy See- through episodes narrated by colleagues and friends, in which emerges the figure of a great communicator, both in his time as a journalist and when he directed the communication of the Vatican.

The stories reveal an essential character to understand the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, as well as important moments in the recent history of the Catholic Church.

Joaquín Navarro-Valls played an important role in Vatican diplomacy at decisive moments, in various international conferences of the UN or as a special envoy to Moscow and Havana.

He had previously been a correspondent for Rome and the Middle East of the ABC newspaper.

After leaving the Vatican spokesperson, he was president of the Advisory Board of the Biomedical Campus University of Rome and professor of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

The testimonies show the character in their daily lives and reflect a key element in institutional communication: the need for closeness between the communicator and his boss.

As Cardinal Estanislao Dziwisz states in the last testimony of the book: "The Holy Father had great confidence in Joaquín Navarro-Valls, and frequently asked for his opinion on important issues, some of a political nature and other ecclesiastics. to correct the news published, precisely because he really knew the opinion of the Pope. "

Testimonials from friends and professional colleagues

Among the testimonies that the book gathers are those of Alberto Michelini, journalist of the RAI and Italian and European parliamentarian;

Janne Haaland, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway;

Ezio Mauro, director of La Stampa and La Repubblica;

Beatrice Lorenzin, Minister of Health of Italy;

Luis María Ansón, academic, director of EFE and ABC and founder of La Razón, and Rafael Navarro-Valls, brother of the spokesman, professor of Honor of the Complutense University of Madrid and president of the Permanent Conference of Ibero-American Legal Academies.

The latter recalls some anecdotes lived with his brother and recalls experiences as emotional as the following: "When we were in a family and we asked him about John Paul II, Joaquín's face lit up and he told a lot of stories. human 'of the Pope: his deep joy, his ability to listen, his courage and courage, his taste for poetry and theater, his strength, etc. ".

Source: Agencias