by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2010 | Church
The Vatican enters the social networking platform Twitter this weekend by launching a feed in six languages http://twitter.com/news_va_en. Twitter is a free service that allows users to send or receive brief messages — or “tweets” — through a...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2010 | Church, Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Today, March 15th, the daily Bulletin of the Vatican Press Office announced that the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, has appointed Father Vicente Bokalic, the former Visitor of the Argentinean Province of the Congregation of the Mission, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2010 | Church, Vincentian Family
“Did you have the opportunity to see yesterday’s (2/10) Oprah Winfrey Show? I received several phone calls, “Do you have your tv on? turn on Oprah…she has nuns on her program!” I was enroute in my car at the time so only managed to see...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2010 | Church
The Pope blamed indifference for the death of hundreds of millions who die of hunger, thirst or due to a lack of medicine. That was part of his Lenten message dedicated to justice released by the Vatican. Zenit text, YouTube video Related stories on Zenit Cardinal...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2010 | Church
Or as USA Today trumpets… “Holy tweet! YouTube-era pope urges blogging for faith” “Responding adequately to this challenge amid today’s cultural shifts, to which young people are especially sensitive, necessarily involves using new...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 26, 2009 | Church
During this time of a global economic crisis, Benedict XVI is calling for more solidarity. “In our times, characterized by a considerable economic crisis, may Christmas be a time for a greater solidarity among families and communities.
