The Vatican revealed Pope Benedict XVI's new Twitter account @Pontifex today. Followers are encouraged to ask the Pope questions via the hashtag #askpontifex or #B16. He will answer one of the questions in his first tweet on Dec. 12.

"The initiative comes from the Pope's desire to utilize all opportunities for communication which technology offers and are characteristic in the world today," Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, told L'Osservatore Romano.

In just two hours on Monday morning, the Pope's followers grew from 18,000 to more than 76,000.

A Vatican official told CNN that the Pope will be composing the tweets for the...READ MORE

Today on Register Radio, Cindy Black, director of the Office of Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry with the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind. spoke about the launch of their innovative "My Year of Faith" mobile app and blog.

Black described how the initiative came to be through an idea raised by the Curia as a way to reach those who may not be engaged in the life of the Church during the Year of Faith.

She said that after the idea was raised, it took Little i Apps, a local developer, about two months to create.

"Each day there is a post that gets people to think about their faith and the beauty of our faith," said Black. "There are also prayers, calendars, and challenges to...READ MORE

Demonstrating that it can use New Media for the New Evangelization, the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has become the first to launch a blog and mobile app to coincide with the Church's "Year of Faith." The Diocese lauched the blog and app in response to Pope Benedict XVI's call to "witness to the Gospel in the digital age."

"The Year of Faith offers many opportunities to examine and deepen our Catholic faith," said Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend Bishop Kevin Rhoades. "The Diocese has designed a special website to help you learn more about your faith and to encourage you on this journey to deepen and strengthen your faith."

The My Year of Faith blog and mobile app will offer...READ MORE

When Christian voters enter the voting booth on Tuesday they must realize that by voting against President Barack Obama, they are not rejecting the Civil Rights movement, or Abraham Lincoln, or Martin Luther King, Jr., or Christian beliefs.

Rather, it is President Obama who has betrayed the very movement that so many thought he would lead. He has abandoned the Civil Rights’ moral and Christian base, embracing practices that pit him against American and African black Christians while he aligns with their secular detractors.

Recall that the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and the Abolitionist movement that preceded it by more than 100 years, were both fundamentally religious...READ MORE

Today on Register Radio, we first spoke with businessman and former two-time Virginia U.S. Congressional candidate Keith Fimian. Fimian is president and CEO of U.S. Inspect - the nation's leading provider of property inspection services. He spoke about his unsuccessful runs for office and about the urgent need for principled, faithful Catholics in political office.

Asked what originally led him to run for office, Fimian said it grew out of his concern for where our nation is headed and the budget deficit.

"We need competent, capable, principled people in office," said Fimian. "We're borrowing 42% of our operating budget...by doing so we are exiling our own children to an uncertain...READ MORE