Pope Urges Priests To Get Familiar with Web 2.0

Alex_Jones

Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. The pope, whose own presence on the Web has heavily grown in recent years, urged priests on Saturday to use all multimedia tools at their disposal to preach the Gospel and engage in dialogue with people of other religions and cultures.
And just using e-mail or surfing the Web is often not enough: Priests should use cutting-edge technologies to express themselves and lead their communities, Benedict said in a message released by the Vatican.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/23/AR2010012300796.html

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/24/1922211/Pope-Urges-Priests-To-Go-Forth-and-Blog?art_pos=1

I find the Vatican youtube site to be very good. I'd say it's only a matter of time before you'll be able to stream in Mass from your local parish via your TV connected to the internet.

Hazys

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

Alex_Jones

Hazys wrote: »

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

Hazys

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

Wat? :rolleyes: Wat does this have to do with pdf files? I think u misunderstood my post. Adobe is struggling at the mo with all the traffic going to its site to download Adobe reader. More people on the internet means more trouble for Adobe.

http://www.infactah.com/uploaded_images/pdf-716986.gif

Dord

Alex_Jones wrote: »

I find the Vatican youtube site to be very good. I'd say it's only a matter of time before you'll be able to stream in Mass from your local parish via your TV connected to the internet.

Why would I want to look at an empty room?

Captain_Generic

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

Yes, we should ban everyone from facebook, ever

My name is URL

Once they don't claim it was created by God, I don't really care

Alex_Jones

My name is URL wrote: »

Once they don't claim it was created by God, I don't really care

The internet just spontaneously exists? A cosmic accident like?

Hazys

Alex_Jones wrote: »

The internet just spontaneously exists? A cosmic accident like?

Oh dear...

jd007

Alex_Jones wrote: »

I find the Vatican youtube site to be very good. I'd say it's only a matter of time before you'll be able to stream in Mass from your local parish via your TV connected to the internet.

People still wont watch that.

donaloflynn

Hazys wrote:

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

LMAO That's PDF Documents, not Paedophiles! :rolleyes:

Alex_Jones

OutlawPete wrote: »

The man behind the curtain doesn't argee

Genuine Pic

*That's me alright*

TheZohanS

OutlawPete wrote: »

The man behind the curtain doesn't argee

Genuine Pic

This thread is famous.

That's ok too. The day we're all forced to have the same opinion will be a very sad day indeed.

judas101

Hazys wrote: »

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

Well played sir

OutlawPete

TheZohan wrote: »

That's ok too. The day we're all forced to have the same opinion will be a very sad day indeed.

"Forced"? .. no.

I would say more like.. "Persuaded to have the same opinion".

The Scientology way

Hank_Jones

I suppose it is about time that they updated.

Priest chatback is getting a bit stale at this stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pGcE7IvCTs

ejmaztec

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

That's because fewer people cover up for the married men.

Hank_Jones

ejmaztec wrote: »

That's because fewer people cover up for the married men.

Yeah that's probably true.
They don't have bishops and gardai on their side.
Not to mention the links that the government and church have.

Alex_Jones

Fr Samuel Medley is ahead of the curve, along with many others (http://twitter.com/ExecutiveEditor/catholic-priests).

http://twitter.com/FrSamuelMedley



Don't think there are any Bishops on twitter yet.

Crann na Beatha

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Dord

Alex_Jones wrote: »

The internet just spontaneously exists? A cosmic accident like?

I didn't realise that some people were this wrapped up in their own little religious world until I read this. I knew it was bad,... but not THIS bad.

Alex_Jones

Dord wrote: »

I didn't realise that some people were this wrapped up in their own little religious world until I read this. I knew it was bad,... but not THIS bad.

Whatever about internets just spontaneously existing, but people??? People like you and me? Heaven forbid!

My name is URL

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Whatever about internets just spontaneously existing, but people??? People like you and me? Heaven forbid!

What's your view on Evolution?

Alex_Jones

My name is URL wrote: »

What's your view on Evolution?

You mean the theory of evolution? (no need for a capital 'E' my friend).

Then again, perhaps you do indeed believe in Evolution. Whatever floats your boat.

MaybeLogic

Alex_Jones wrote: »

You mean the theory of evolution? (no need for a capital 'E' my friend).

Then again, perhaps you do indeed believe in Evolution. Whatever floats your boat.

Exactly.
People and their stupid theories.

Dord

What about the moon? What's your theory on that?

Hank_Jones

Alex_Jones wrote: »

You mean the theory of evolution? (no need for a capital 'E' my friend).

Then again, perhaps you do indeed believe in Evolution. Whatever floats your boat.

A man that lives in the sky and created the world in 6 days seems a lot more plausible of course.

Alex_Jones

Hank_Jones wrote: »

A man that lives in the sky and created the world in 6 days seems a lot more plausible of course.

^^^ A man who doesn't know the difference between literal translation and literary translation of the Book of Genesis. And is ignorant on the Catholic Church's teaching on Creation.

Hank_Jones

Alex_Jones wrote: »

^^^ A man who doesn't know the difference between literal translation and literary translation of the Book of Genesis. And is ignorant on the Catholic Church's teaching on Creation.

You think that I sit around reading the bible or something?

What was your first clue?

MaybeLogic

Alex_Jones wrote: »

^^^ A man who doesn't know the difference between literal translation and literary translation of the Book of Genesis. And is ignorant on the Catholic Church's teaching on Creation.

What is the Catholic Churchs' teaching on creation?

Borneo Fnctn

"Listen lads, there's this thing called the internet. It's like aertel but much more sophisticated. I just have this hunch that it's really going to take off. I think this thing will be bloody massive. Look into it if is youse are not too busy alright?"

Hank_Jones

Borneo Fnctn wrote: »

"Listen lads, there's this thing called the internet. It's like aertel but much more sophisticated. I just have this hunch that it's really going to take off. I think this thing will be bloody massive. Look into it if is youse are not too busy alright?"

Now all I need is a time machine to take me back about 20 years and I'll be sorted.

TheZohanS

Lets stay on topic here.

Pope Urges Priests To Get Familiar with Web 2.0

is the topic.

We're not having another does god exist/is the church evil etc debate on this thread.

MaybeLogic

I'd say the Church will get ripped apart on the Web.
There's so much info on here that (for the next generation,if not us) the consensus reality will torn from the hands of groups like the Catholic Church.
Why rely on blind faith with so much information at your fingertips?

My name is URL

They should make an App for locating temptation, and give webinars on how to avoid those places

Forest Master

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Funny that most people who abuse kids are married men, not priests. Should we ban them from having facebook accounts?

There are far more married men than priests though, so of course there's more number-wise: your analogy is inherently flawed by bad statistics calculations. You should be comparing percentages of each, not quantities.

Alex_Jones

Forest Master wrote: »

There are far more married men than priests though, so of course there's more number-wise: your analogy is inherently flawed by bad statistics calculations. You should be comparing percentages of each, not quantities.

Have the figures to hand?

TheZohanS

Forest Master wrote: »

There are far more married men than priests though, so of course there's more number-wise: your analogy is inherently flawed by bad statistics calculations. You should be comparing percentages of each, not quantities.

I think if you look at the OPs post history you will find the real reason for him posting this thread.

Now once again this thread is about Priests using new technology it is not about child abuse claims etc. we've had those threads and it's been done to death.

Last warning.

Hank_Jones

So....anyway...priests and the internet.

Now they can have access to a larger amount of kids.

For teaching them about religion and stuff...

starbelgrade

Online confessions are soon to follow.

"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned"

"E-mail me 10 Hail Mary's & an Our Father".

Kurtosis

Borneo Fnctn wrote: »

"Listen lads, there's this thing called the internet. It's like aertel but much more sophisticated. I just have this hunch that it's really going to take off. I think this thing will be bloody massive. Look into it if is youse are not too busy alright?"

...but, but, Aertel is still around, now in internet form.

Hank_Jones

penguin88 wrote: »

...but, but, Aertel is still around, now in internet form.

Slightly off topic, but I feckin love teletext, has given me a wealth of useless news over the years.

It's made me the fountain of useless knowledge that I am today.

Celly Smunt

can't wait for priests.ie!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

pmcmahon wrote: »

can't wait for priests.ie!

Oh no...

dvpower

Old news. The last pope was urging priests to get familiar with Web 1.0 9 years ago.

Helix

dodgy "web rings" are rubbing their hands at the prospect of thousands of new subscribers after this announcement id imagine

Alex_Jones

Helix wrote: »

dodgy "web rings" are rubbing their hands at the prospect of thousands of new subscribers after this announcement id imagine

Anti-Catholic tripe.

Helix

Alex_Jones wrote: »

Anti-Catholic tripe.

itll do the russian economy good

bluecatmorgana

Hazys wrote: »

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

badump tsush!

Corkfeen

Can imagine them blogging. Could only imagine the information there message system..

AFKP = Away from keyboard praying
BRBR = Be right back ressurection
GAD= Gardaí at door

The possibilities are immense....

InTheTrees

Hazys wrote: »

Thats the last thing we need...more pdf files on the internet

Damn thats funny!!