Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Pope to go on Facebook as Vatican embraces online technology

Pope Benedict XVI is to have a Facebook account as part of a Vatican effort to embrace online technology to interact with all one billion members of the global Roman Catholic Church.

By Alastair Jamieson

Pope to go on Facebook as Vatican embraces online technology

The initiative, which follows the earlier creation of a YouTube channel for the Pontiff, will also involve iPhone applications and a new Vatican website, www.pope2you.net, which is scheduled to go live on the Catholic Church's World Communications day on May 24...

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4 comments:

Adrienne said...

This is a joke - right?

I've been working very hard today (outside) and this is just no computing...

Vincenzo said...

No I don't think so. More:

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belinda said...

Do you think that he will accept me as a facebook friend??

I hope so.
I am sorry that I missed your message over on facebook. I had three windows open, and I kept hearing a "ping", "ping", "ping" sound , and I said to Kate, "what is that "ping" sound?", and she said someone want's to talk to you over on facebook. Kate is smarter than I am.

Vincenzo said...

"Do you think that he will accept me as a facebook friend??"

I'm sure he will. I wouldn't be surprise if all of the Holy Father's friend requests crash their network ;)


"I am sorry that I missed your message over on facebook. I had three windows open"

Oh that's ok. If I'm multitasking or away I miss those things too.
V