Pope Benedict Launches YouTube Channel
Cecilia Biemann — January 25, 2009 — Social Good
References: youtube & 3news.co.nz
In another giant leap forward in his effort towards modernizing and broadening the global appeal of the Catholic church, today Pope Benedict XVI launched a YouTube channel.
Setting the Church up alongside wannabe musicians and college pranksters on YouTube is a revolutionary step for the 2,000-year-old institution that has historically remained very set in its ways.
Benedict said on YouTube today that he hopes to connect with a “great family that knows no borders,” and he invited viewers to “feel involved in this great dialogue of truth.”
Setting the Church up alongside wannabe musicians and college pranksters on YouTube is a revolutionary step for the 2,000-year-old institution that has historically remained very set in its ways.
Benedict said on YouTube today that he hopes to connect with a “great family that knows no borders,” and he invited viewers to “feel involved in this great dialogue of truth.”
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