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"Pope Francis' words and actions sound like St. Vincent". Words from Dr. Joann Heaney-Hunter of St. John's University...
Articles in Church
CM Cardinal Souraphiel and African family values
CM Cardinal Souraphiel and African family values
Holy Year of Mercy – Count the ways communicating Divine Mercy
Holy Year of Mercy – Count the ways communicating Divine Mercy
Church Must Learn Language of Youth
Archbishop Rino Fisichella says the Church Must Learn Language of Youth. To evangelize young people, the Church must understand their culture, in which liberty and science are dominant values, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New...
US Bishops Launch Virtual Youth Day Pilgrimage
First-Ever Virtual Pilgrimage to World Youth Day to Assist Those ‘Staying Home’ Individuals can make a virtual pilgrimage to World Youth Day (WYD) using a social media tool developed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Communications...
Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet
We’re in the middle of the biggest communication shift since the advent of the printing press. Facebook has over 500 million users. Two billion YouTube videos are watched every day. And last year alone, Americans sent 1.8 trillion text messages. What does this all...
Pope criticizes profits made by food price speculators
Pope Benedict issued strong words on July 1 against financial speculators spiking food prices and pointed to family-run farms as a way to help stave off world hunger. “Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life,” the Pope said. “How can we...
An argument against too cool a church
Something to think about... I want a church that includes fussy kids, old liturgy, bad sound, weird congregants and—brace yourself—painfully amateur “special music” now and then. Why? Well, for one thing, when the Gospel story is accompanied by a fog machine and...
Pope sends his first Twitter message
A picture is worth a thousand words... of encouragement for us to engage in social media. And the effort is paying off. In less that 24 hours he already has some 50,000 followers at @news_va_en. Benedict, has recognized the power of digital media throughout his papacy...
Vatican offers iPod guided tours
The Roman organization in charge of pilgrimages is now passing out ipods. They're equipped with an audio-guide for visitor's to Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The church is one of Rome's four major basilicas and the first one built inside the ancient walls of...
Vatican denounces 1,820 deaths of immigrants trying to reach Europe
June 17, 2011. (Romereports.com) The Vatican published shocking statistics on immigration. In the first five months of this year, at least 1, 820 illegal immigrants died while trying to cross the Mediterranean. Even more shocking, 17, 597 people have died in similar...
Who knew? – Jesus ranks 1-2 on Facebook
According to the Unofficial All Facebook page the top two most engaging pages focus on Jesus beating out Justin Bieber in third. "While Jesus Daily has only recently began seeing substantial weekly growth increases in total number of fans, its interactivity total went...