The Vatican Gets Social
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, March 09, 2009 5:35 PM
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, sees both the promise and the problems of social networking.
The council is holding a Rome seminar March 9-13 about new communications technology for bishops who are responsible for social communication commissions. Archbishop Celli spoke today with Register correspondent Edward Pentin about the issues... READ MORE
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Facebook Fasting
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, February 23, 2009 4:55 PM
GetReligion.org posts the above video, along with a critique of an article published last week by The Wall Street Journal about giving up social networking for Lent.
The video is a reminder of how easily social networking can incline people towards self-obsession and triviality.
As for The Wall Street Journal article, here’s how it begins:
“They’re a little too old to give up potato... READ MORE
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The Church Faces Facebook
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, January 26, 2009 9:23 AM
Woman takes digital snapshot of the Pope Jan. 25. (CNS/Reuters)
The new media provide both promise and problems for human society in general and for the Church’s mission of evangelization of the world.
Pope Benedict XVI addressed both the positive and negative dimensions of new media technologies like Facebook in his Message for the 43rd World Day of Communications, released last Friday. Go here for a link to a Youtube video about the press conference at... READ MORE
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Facebook-Friendly Cardinal
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:14 AM
Screenshot of Cardinal Sepe's Facebook page.
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples opened a Facebook site in November — and it now has nearly 5,000 friends.
Cardinal Sepe, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples, recently explained his decision to open a Facebook site.
He said his presence on the social networking site has been “a nice adventure that has involved everyone.”
“Yes it... READ MORE
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