With the help of Facebook and YouTube users, the Vatican hopes to create a broad audience for material on the life and teachings of the soon-to-be beatified Pope John Paul II.
The Vatican’s television center and Vatican Radio have teamed up with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to produce two new webpages on YouTube and Facebook.
The Facebook page offers audio and video content to prepare “friends” and any other passersby for the beatification of the late-Pope on May 1, 2011.
The viewer can see videos from the Vatican's YouTube sites that recount various milestones on Pope John Paul’s path to beatification, including the Jan. 14 announcement of the upcoming ceremony in Rome.
Beatification is a step on the road to sainthood and John Paul II's “cause” was approved this year by Pope Benedict XVI after a miracle was attributed to his intercession. The miracle involved a French religious sister who was cured of Parkinson's disease after praying for his help.
One more miracle must be approved before official recognition of his sainthood and subsequent “canonization” in the Church.
1 comments:
Beatification already? That feels a bit rushed to me.
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