Tag: CATHOLIC

The Alexian Brothers, a Roman Catholic order of monks with origins dating back to the 13th century and the time of the Black Plague, seek to care for "the sick, the aged, the poor and the dying." Ironically, enough, according to the Chicago Tribune, the group's U.S. congregation has dwindled to only 36 members (with a median age of 73). Brother Dan McCormick, director of vocations, told the ...

Many in the media and on the Web seem to think that Twitter has already jumped the shark. Although coverage has been a little on the annoying side (we're being generous here), it hasn't been so bad that we haven't been ready to declare the microblogging service officially over until right now. At noon today, the famous Trinity Church on Wall Street will use everyone's new favorite social ...

In step with the Roman Catholic Church's measured technological strides, the Archdiocese of St. Louis announced Monday that the identity of the Missourian archdiocese's next archbishop will be announced to the faithful via text message, the AP reported at Fox4KC.com. Since the archdiocese's former archbishop, Archbishop Raymond Burke, was selected to head the Vatican supreme court this past ...

Alright Christians and Catholics, you know what time it is. It's Lent time! Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, which, for the uninitiated out there, is a period of fasting and sacrifice meant to remind the faithful of the 40 days and nights Jesus spent wandering in the desert. Usually, practitioners choose one vice or habit to give up for the 40 days, such as ...

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 ...

Eager to prove that they're not a bunch of technophobes (we didn't forget that whole cell phones will steal your soul thing), Vatican leaders are planning to launch the Holy See's own YouTube channel. Official details will be revealed during a press conference Friday, but it's pretty easy to figure out what to expect. The Vatican Television Center and Vatican Radio are working with Google to ...

Let's not beat around the bush here, the Catholic Church has always been a pretty big fan of blaming the downfall of man on popular culture and entertainment. And like the sound of AC/DC, somethings never change. The Pope is finding himself a little conflicted over cell phones. The same Vatican that started showering young churchgoers with text messages is now faulting mobile phones (and of ...

Okay, the world has officially gone completely mad. We thought it was bad when all you had to worry about was 'Second Life' related kidnappings and condescending robots, but now there are online beauty pageants for nuns, we don't even know what to do with ourselves. The pageant, which is most certainly not sanctioned by the Catholic Church, is the brainchild of Italian priest Antonio Rungi, who ...

Don't act like you didn't know that Pope Benedict XVI was down with modern technology. As part of World Youth Day, the man himself will begin sending out texts of encouragement to pilgrims who have signed up through Telstra to receive them. A total of four gigantic "prayer walls" have been erected at the Sydney Opera House, the Domain, Darling Harbour and Randwick Racecourse in Australia, where ...