An assembly of Catholic bishops on Monday called for the use of mass communications – including television, cinema, DVDs and even iPods – to be used to spread the Bible in as many languages as possible. No word on Twitter, Flickr or blogging yet! The old way of word of mouth marketing doesn’t seem efficient enough in the digital age.
“The voice of the Divine Word must resonate over the radio, on Internet channels with virtual distribution (and by) CDs, DVDs and iPods, and on television and cinema screens”
Sounds like product placement to me!
Although the Vatican had one of Europe’s first Web sites they are generally not listed among the most innovative organizations in the world. They seem to realize that now and are arguing that the written word alone is insufficient for the modern world.
I wonder if someone at the Vatican is seriously considering starting a Social Network to compete with Facebook and LinkedIn. it would be an instant hit and a serious upgrade to the dusty old churches I have visited.
Oh, and regarding the title? The Pope IS on Twitter but not very active. Fortunately you can skip the messenger and go straight to the source: God
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Wow, just imagine what a Catholic social network would mean. Millions of members instantly! Also in groups that aren’t online yet (people in their fifties and sixties). Interesting for advertisers.
And I’m sure it won’t hurt the church either.
Also, check http://twitter.com/thankgod
“Find out what Twitterers are thanking God for”
That’s great news, but why limit it only to
the Catholic church?
We’ve successfully utilized Web 2.0 techniques
this year in combining a blog with twitter to
geometrically expand the reach for God’s influence
on the internet to reach all those seekers out there
wanting a no guilt, anonymous way to experience the
lasting love, acceptance, & peace only available from
our heavenly father.
http://twitter.com/itmattersmost (status tweets)
http://reactee.com/most (t-shirt which texts you back)
http://whichmattersmost.blogspot.com/ (blog & resources)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/whichmattersmost
(RSS feed of our daily inspirational verses)
Check it out – comments are welcome.
God Bless!
He’s on twitter now. Check out if you have more followers than him! http://twittas.com/benedicto
There’s already a Pro-Catholic social networking site that The Pope visited http://www.xt3.com
Dios si existe y es su origen parecido a la formacion de nuestro planeta el cual de energia acumulada formò materia asi que Dios de igual manera es energia que se hizo materia y es paralelo a nuestro pensamiento, el cual fluye con ideas que para unos se convierten en grandes proyecios y que para otros no se les convierte en nada
Dios si existe y es su origen parecido a la formacion de nuestro planeta el cual de energia acumulada formò materia asi que Dios de igual manera es energia que se hizo materia y es paralelo a nuestro pensamiento, el cual fluye con ideas que para unos se convierten en grandes proyecios y que para otros no se les convierte en nada
Nice one ! Your link in the article to the Pope’s account leads to a spanish nerd (who may be catholic…). He should be thankful for the unasked publicity ! !
I don’t understand why they don’t do this…