Bible takes over from Bieber on Facebook - CathNews NZ and Pacific

Bible takes over from Bieber on Facebook

Friday, April 15th, 2011

The Bible, this week, has taken over Facebook’s top spot from Internet pop sensation, Justin Bieber.

In doing so, the best-selling book in history, also surpasses the likes of the Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid football clubs, Lady Gaga and the President of the United States, Barack Obama.

With Easter and the Passover fast approaching, engagement on other religious sites also feature prominently in the Facebook top 20. Jesus Christ , with some 2.1 million followers and 400,000 interactions and Jesus Daily with 4.7 million followers and 389,000 interactions feature inside the top 10.

Both Jesus Christ and Jesus Daily offer fresh religious content, and for the second week in a row the two pages are ‘nipping at each other’s heals’.

Source

All Facebook

Related Posts:

Additional reading

News category: World.

Tags: Facebook, New media, The Bible

Analysis and Comment
- The optimism of Timothy Radcliffe
  
  Fr Timothy Radcliffe, the Dominican friar, was chosen by Pope Francis to lead the three-day retreat for all participants prior to the first assembly last October of the Synod on Synodality. This was a position of great trust given the Read more
- Theologian: The future of the church is local
  
  In Europe, the number of church members is declining – but Christianity remains strong worldwide. However, the structures do not remain stable, but are constantly changing. Thomas Schlag is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Zurich, where he Read more
- The perils and necessities of saying ‘I don’t know’
  
  When I was studying political science in graduate school, I was surrounded by students who were much smarter than me. Most of my fellow students at the University of California Berkeley went to Ivy League schools as undergraduates. They were Read more
- Survey: New priests are young and involved in their community
  
  The incoming class of seminarians who will be ordained in 2024 is young and involved in their community, an annual survey released April 15 found. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the Center for Applied Research (CARA) at Georgetown Read more

Search CathNews

Search for:
CathNews
is free

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:
Great Reads