500,000 Hits and Counting
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:34 AM
Four days ago, during Pope Benedict XVI’s message for World Communications Day, he encouraged young people to utilize the Internet to spread the Gospel message. In addition, the Vatican unveiled its Pope2You webpage, along with its iPhone and Facebook applications.
“When we find ourselves drawn towards other people, when we want to know more about them and make ourselves known to them, we are... READ MORE
Filed under facebook, internet, iphone, pope benedict xvi, youtube
Googling, in a Catholic Way
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:08 PM
A Catholic living near Lourdes in France has created a website intended to help other Catholics search the Internet without stumbling inadvertently into objectionable content.
Currently named Catholic Google — it might need to be renamed if Google objects to the use of its name — the website bills itself as “The best way for good Catholics to surf the web.”
That’s a debatable claim,... READ MORE
Filed under catholic google, internet, internet filters
Smartphones and Stupid Kids
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, October 27, 2008 5:00 PM
(CNSCartoons)
Here’s a fact: The current generation of American youth enjoys unprecedented technological access to the cultural legacy of humanity and to information in general.
And here’s a question: Given this unprecedented access to knowledge about important things, why are today’s kids so preoccupied with trivialities?
Emory professor Mark Bauerlein takes a stab at answering this question in his... READ MORE
Filed under education, internet
YouTube’s Pluses and Minuses
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:20 PM
YouTube has reposted videos of Eucharistic desecrations, according to a Catholic group that has organized a protest.
A Daily Blog update of last week’s second entry about the offensive videos can be viewed here.
But as Time magazine recently noted on its website, YouTube also provides tremendous opportunities for evangelization.
“But the video-sharing site is also being used by a wildly... READ MORE
Filed under eucharist, internet, youtube
‘Thou Shalt Not Flame’
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 03, 2008 1:32 PM
Moses evangelizes with pre-Internet technology.
Evangelical leaders in Britain have crafted a set of “Ten Commandments for Bloggers.”
The commandments were proclaimed at a Sept. 23 “Godblogs” conference in London, according to the Times of London.
“They have been engraved on cyberspace tablets by the Evangelical Alliance, the leading Christian umbrella group founded in 1846 that represents thousands of churches of most denominations... READ MORE
Filed under internet, ten commandments
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