[Gocamino] The Digital Pope and a Catholic Facebook

[Rebekah Scott]

That Benedict dude´s got it goin´ on. Groovy, like. 

Rebekah Scott 
www.moratinoslife.blogspot.com


--- On Thu, 5/8/08, Grant Spangler <gaspangler at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Grant Spangler <gaspangler at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Gocamino] The Digital Pope and a Catholic Facebook
> To: "†GoCamino OakApple" <gocamino at oakapple.net>, "†Yahoo Saint James" <saintjames at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 5:19 AM
> Pope goes digital to better connect with youth
> 
> Wed May 7, 2008 8:39am EDT
> 
> SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will text message
> thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during
> World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital
> will help him connect better with a younger audience.
> 
> The Pope will text daily messages of inspiration and hope
> during the six-day Sydney event while digital prayer walls
> will be erected at event sites and the church will set up a
> Catholic social networking Web site akin to a Catholic
> Facebook.
> 
> The Catholic Church said it decided to use technology to
> connect to the estimated 225,000 young Catholics expected
> to attend the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations that start
> on July 15.
> 
> "We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using
> new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy
> youth," Bishop Anthony Fisher said in a statement on
> Wednesday.
> 
> Australian telecoms firm Telstra will provide voice, data,
> mobile, broadband and broadcast services for the event, as
> well as erect digital prayer walls at event sites.
> 
> Telstra said it plans to connect 8,000 volunteers, 2,000
> clergy, 3,000 media and an anticipated 225,000 pilgrims to
> more than 700 locations around Sydney.
> 
> Australia's Catholic nuns are already praying for good
> weather for the Pope's visit.
> 
> The Catholic church is the biggest in Australia with about
> 5 million members, compared to about 4 million Anglicans
> among the nation's 21 million people.
> 
> (Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by Belinda Goldsmith)
> 
> 
> Buen Camino,
> 
> Grant
> 
> Grant Spangler
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