On February 28, 2011, I posted an article in which I described the Advantages and Disadvantages to Catholic Groups Using Social Media Websites. I was curious when I discovered that the article has been viewed nearly 600 times since then. So I re-read it and thought it might be good to write a follow-up.
Category: Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Francis Continues to be Popular on Twitter
In a Google Hangout in February, Pope Francis admitted to children with disabilities and special needs in Brazil, India, Spain and the United States: “”I am old-fashioned when it comes to computers. I’m a dinosaur. I don’t know how to work a computer. What a pity, huh?”
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The Web Is 25 Years Old!
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web. When we look at how much a part of our lives it is and how it has impacted our world so dramatically, it seems much older, at least to me.
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The Vatican’s Social Media Intiatives, Insights and Reflections
Monsignor Paul Tighe, the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, was the keynote speaker at the Catholic New Media Conference in Boston on October 19, 2013. Since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, Monsignor Tighe has been involved in all the major new media initiatives of the Vatican. His presentation was excellent and you can view it below. Please share your thoughts in the comments. Feel…
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The Virtual World is Real
Sunday, May 12, 2013, was World Communications Day as well as Mother’s Day. With a new Pope and all that was going on, it slipped by without much notice. Pope Benedict XVI had already written and released his message for this year and it revealed an ever growing appreciation on the part of the Vatican for the use of social media in the spread of the Gospel.
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What Do Seminarians Need to Learn about Social Media Ministry?
At the end of June, I will be giving a half-day presentation to seminarians from St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia on Social Media for the Center for the Study of Church Management, Villanova University. These seminarians are in their acolyte year, which they spend interning in parishes. The program takes place one day a week for 6 weeks. The other topics to be covered are: Spirituality of Administration, Civil Law, Church…