In September 1965, the first issue of the then magazine Wordof which Omnes is heir and continuator.
Already at that time, the first editorial pointed out that this publication sought to "to promote among its readers truly free doctrinal and practical choices, that is to say, responsible personal decisions, which stem from reflection on the word of God and on ecclesial events". A call to freedom and personal responsibility in the formative task that, six decades later, continues to be not only fully valid, but absolutely necessary in today's social, cultural and religious context.
In these sixty years, through the pages of Word-Omnes great figures of Catholic philosophy and theology such as Cardinal Wojtyla, the future Saint John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger -later Benedict XVI-, Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Josef Pieper, Gustave Thibon and many others who, along the way, have carved out a path for which we could not be more grateful.
More than half a century of life in which the media, languages, sensibilities and even, in our case, the masthead, have undergone important changes. What began as a magazine for priests in Spanish is today a global medium, read in seven languages throughout the world and whose readership includes men and women of the most varied ages and personal situations. Today, more than ever, the word reaches everyone (Omnes) through the web in a direct and simple way.
The forms have changed, but Omnes maintains the essence and the spirit that gave it life in 1965, being, at present, one of the means of reference in the current socio-religious panorama. It is characterized by its fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church, its unity to the figure of the Holy Father and its analysis of the main issues that concern and occupy Catholics today, lay, priests or religious. Since its birth, and under the direction of Pedro Rodríguez, José Miguel Pero-Sanz, Alfonso Riobó and, now, María José AtienzaIn this medium, the most thorny issues have not been avoided: the reception of the Second Vatican Council, moral and ethical dilemmas associated with the conception of the human being or its natural death, certain decisions of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, etc..., etc.
Over the next few months, Omnes will recover some of the jewels that have marked our history: interviews, articles, collaborations, that marked a milestone at the time and that are especially interesting in the current context.
Finally, a medium does not exist without its readers, collaborators and friends. Some of our readers, collaborators and friends have been with us from the beginning and therefore, it is always fair to acknowledge and thank them for their support and trust in these 60 years, with the hope that others will take their baton in the coming decades. May they be, for all of us, the first sixty.
