For God’s sake, blog! Pope Benedict told priests on Saturday, saying they must learn to use new forms of communication to spread the gospel message.
In his message for the Roman Catholic Church’s World Day of Communications, the pope, who is 82 and known not to love computers or the Internet, acknowledged priests must make the most of the “rich menu of options” offered by new technology.
“Priests are thus challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources — images, videos, animated features, blogs, Web sites — which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis,” he said.
Pope to priests: For God’s sake, blog! – World Faith- msnbc.com.
I fully suspect that this is a world wide conspiracy to bring me down!
Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
Have you ever thought of doing some consultancy work for them
I would love to…if I could spend 24 hours in the secret underground Vatican library
Have you ever thought of doing some consultancy work for them
I would love to…if I could spend 24 hours in the secret underground Vatican library
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I just figured Ratzinger was looking for fresh meat on ManHunt.
I just figured Ratzinger was looking for fresh meat on ManHunt.