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.
"The spread of multimedia communications and its rich 'menu of options' might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web," but priests are "challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources," he said.
The message, prepared for the World Day of Communications, suggests such possibilities as images, videos, animated features, blogs, and Web sites.
Benedict said young priests should become familiar with new media while still in seminary, though he stressed that the use of new technologies must reflect theological and spiritual principles.
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3 comments:
Seems like everyone is now entering the 21st century!
this is very wise, the Church will be able to reach this generation better!
This is great news... The Church needs to reach the thousands of lapsed Catholics who may still have some interest in coming back.
The internet is a good way of spreading the Church's teachings.
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