Tag: CATHOLICISM

We bet the priest who cooked up the Vatican's new text-the-Pope program fancies himself a Father Fonzie, of sorts. He knows the kids -- what they "dig" and what "bums them out." The former? Texting. And the latter? Pedophilia. In response to the recent resignation of a German bishop, who has admitted to beating orphans and is facing accusations of pedophilia, the Catholic Church is offering its ...

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 ...

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 ...