The Pope Issues an Edict to Priests :: Go Forth and Blog (Do podcasts, too!)
Today we all receive news that the Pope says, “Blog!”
From the USA Today to UPI and even the China Post, we receive the Pope’s edict. Go forth and engage in social networking.
Catholic News Services offers us Pope urges priests to join the digital revolution.
This is all part of the Pope’s annual World Communications Day message, “New Media at the service of the Word.”
Well, Your Holiness, I feel kind of awkward saying this, but the people at Church Marketing Sucks have been suggesting this for years. ;o)
Google News search with other stories.
“To help people grow in faith, in contact with the men and women of our time, using the resources made available by the digital age in which we live. This is what Benedict XVI highlights as the urgent and unavoidable task for priests and consecrated men and women, on the 44th World Day of Social Communications, which is to be celebrated on this coming May 16. The theme for the Day is: The priest and pastoral ministry in a digital world: new media at the service of the Word. In his Message, the Pope says that through modern means of communication, the priest will make known the life of the Church and help people today to rediscover the face of Christ. …”
