Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web

Ashley Villanueva
Blog #6

This article was taken for usatoday.com. There will be a meeting held at the Vatican to inform the Catholic bishops and officials of the internet culture of today. The executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google will be the ones attending this meeting. The goal of this meeting is to talk about what the internet means for the church and its mission. Also, it will talk about how to communicate its mission to others around the world. Although Pope Benedict XVI writes emails and has launched a YouTube channel, the Vatican has fell short of coming into the Internet age. To be discussed at this meeting will be social networks, strategies for the church to communicate, and if the internet is changing religious practices. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli believes the Catholic Church should use these new technologies to communicate its message to people and especially the young.

This is a good example of how the internet and technology has become such a big part of our lives. It has made its way into so many aspects of our daily lives. There is rarely a day where we don’t get on the computer, use our phones or use some other type of technology. It is an obvious example of social control because mostly everyone uses technology at work, school or for entertainment. We also use it to learn about the events going on around the world. I think if the Vatican did use to internet more, they could be more effective in getting its message out. So many people use the internet so more people would be aware of the events going on with the Catholic Church.