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Pope Benedict XVI to Priests: Go Forth and Blog

John Fea   |  January 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

According to this Washington Post article, Pope Benedict XVI used the recent “World Day of Communications” to encourage priests to start blogging!

The 82-year-old pope has often been wary of new media, warning about what he has called the tendency of entertainment media, in particular, to trivialize sex and promote violence, while lamenting that the endless stream of news can make people insensitive to tragedies.

But Benedict has also praised new ways of communicating as a “gift to humanity” when used to foster friendship and understanding.

Want to know more and explore this further? Check out:

The Pope’s YouTube page

James Martin, S.J. likes the idea and actually offers some theological and biblical rationale for it all.

 

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