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Pope Cautiously Embraces Facebook, MySpace

by Terrence O'Brien on January 26, 2009 at 08:09 AM

Pope Cautiously Embraces Social Networking Sites
Good ol' Ratzinger is doing his best to make sure that the Catholic Church doesn't get left in the technological dust. After embracing YouTube, the Pope has issued a statement giving his blessing (however cautiously) to Facebook, MySpace, and social networking sites in general.

Pope Benedict issued a statement on Friday, for the World Day of Communications, welcoming the "gift" of technology and social networking sites. He said that they helped address people's "fundamental desire" to communicate.

The Church's embrace of Facebook came with a healthy does of warning and guilt, saying that relying too heavily on virtual socialization can cause isolation and lead to people neglecting real-world interactions. The Pope also called for such sites to respect the, "goodness and intimacy of human sexuality." [From: USA Today]

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