(Photo: CNS) Pope Francis says a lot of surprising and challenging things. Often I read something he’s said or written and say to myself, “I can’t believe he said that.” Still—as with anything else—we can become desensitized to his spontaneity and candour, and we risk glossing over some of his highly consequential statements. One recent statement […]
Tonight on Perspectives we take a look at today’s General Audience and Parishes in Idaho celebrate all Souls day with a Mexican Tradition.
Tonight on Perspectives we take a look at today’s general audience and the Pope’s Twitter feed.
Tonight on perspectives The Pope tweets for the first time and we take a look at today’s general audience
Throughout the course of his public ministry, Jesus knew both the adoration and desertion of the crowds. Today, just like 2,000 years ago, the Gospel asks a question that demands an answer: Will we follow? This moving video illustrates this truth through the dynamic lens of a 21st-century social network.
With the launch of the Vatican news site — news.va — earlier this week we had the first tweeting Pope. [singlepic id=37 w=240 float=right]But, the Holy Father isn’t the first Bishop to tweet. And one who is busy in the Twitter universe is the Archdiocese of Quebec’s Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix. (follow him here) Archbishop […]
Journalism is being committed everyday on Twitter… in 140 characters. Mark Lukasiewicz made this strong statement in front of around 100 journalists and those interested in the future of broadcast journalism. Mark is the vice president of NBC news Specials and Digital Media. He is a Canadian with a successful journalism career in the United […]
Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch — but as Catholics we believe the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit, correct? And considering that the Holy Spirit is often personified as a dove and the popular social networking service Twitter uses a bird as part of their branding (the idea of a ‘twittering,’ or […]