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By: boo

OK! I give up. Mother Theresa looks better than this. Sweet nighty nights to every one else.

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By: carboncomp

In a way, religions are an ancient form of social network. Religious “technology” is a form of communication technology. So the same argument could be made: In the RELIGIOUS world, transmitting...

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By: RainyRat

Ha! So, in future, one might have to kiss the Papal public key instead of the ring…

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By: Mongrove_Moone

And Scotty beamed them to the Klingon ship Where there would be no tribble at all. All power to the engines.

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By: Anonymous

“the one-sidedness of the interaction, the tendency to communicate only some parts of one’s interior world, the risk of constructing a false image of oneself, which can become a form of...

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By: Robert

The Pontifical Council for Social Communications was started in 1964, and in the founding letter [1] appears to treat “social communications” as cinema, radio, television and printing, i.e. mass media....

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By: Anonymous

Through the intercession of their patron Saint Francis de Sales, I pray that God may grant communications workers the capacity always to carry out their work conscientiously and professionally. Amen to...

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By: jeffasselin

In theory, they could be. IANACL, but I think ex cathedra communications must be made by the pope, and a copy of the document (usually an encyclical) must be sent to all the bishops with the papal...

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By: Anonymous

@RainyRat: No. He would have to explicitly invoke the dogma of infallibility. This happens very seldomly, only with regard to theological disputes.

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By: RainyRat

Are the Pope’s blog posts considered “ex cathedra”?

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By: chgoliz

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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By: Brainspore

I heard that Jesus was an early adopter of Twitter but he only had 12 followers.

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By: notavegan

I think this would be more “deus ex machina’. but I find the whole thing incredible: the 45th World Day of Social Communications?! I went to a convent school and this was never mentioned. I am pretty...

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By: Tetsubo

The blessing from the leader of a morally bankrupt institution is just a bit dubious to my mind. I might take him more seriously if his church would stop trying to hide suspected child rapers.

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By: jlopere

I believe the blog would be “ex sofa” and not carry any authority…especially the ones about Snooki and the Steampunk section.

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Pope blesses social networks: "Who is my neighbour in this new world?"

The Pope gets social networking, giving it his only slightly-hedged blessings in a new post at his blog. In the digital world, transmitting information increasingly means making it known within a...

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Pope blesses social networks: "Who is my neighbour in this new world?"

The Pope gets social networking, giving it his only slightly-hedged blessings in a new post at his blog. In the digital world, transmitting information increasingly means making it known within a...

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By: boo

OK! I give up. Mother Theresa looks better than this. Sweet nighty nights to every one else.

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By: carboncomp

In a way, religions are an ancient form of social network. Religious “technology” is a form of communication technology. So the same argument could be made: In the RELIGIOUS world, transmitting...

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By: RainyRat

Ha! So, in future, one might have to kiss the Papal public key instead of the ring…

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