Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’

Irish priest popular in social media with pulpit selfie

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

An Irish priest has taken a selfie in the pulpit and is using the image to spread the Gospel through social media. Fr Gabriel Egan took the selfie standing in the pulpit at the Redemptorist church at Mount St Alphonsus in Ireland during a solemn Novena. It has been seen by more than 200,000 people, Read more

Social media too intrusive at weddings say brides

Friday, May 30th, 2014

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, may give consideration to a policy on the use of social media at weddings in the church. The move comes on the back of a British study of bride’s expectations, showing nearly half believe it is important to enforce digital rules on wedding guests. The study also indicated one in seven Read more

PNG and Pacific seminarians learn communication skills

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

About 120 seminarian and  candidates for religious life investigated communications skills at a symposium on Radio and New Evangelisation. The symposium was held on 1-2 May at the Catholic Theological Institute in Bomana, Port Moresby. A theological key note address, ‘Evangelising in the 21st century’, introduced the theme and was followed by experiences of community and Read more

Vatican official urges faithful to speak language of digital world

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

A Vatican official has told a gathering of Philippine Church leaders and Catholic social media practitioners in Manila to speak in a language understandable to the digital world to be effective evangelizers. “If we are to share the Good News with our brothers and sisters in the digital continent, we must speak a language they Read more

Vatican says Jesus Christ tweeted before there was Twitter

Friday, September 27th, 2013

Jesus Christ was the world’s first tweeter because his pronouncements were “brief and full of meaning”, Vatican cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said Wednesday. Christ “used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters like ‘Love one another’”, said Ravasi, the Vatican’s equivalent of a culture minister. “A bit like in Read more

Geekpriest visiting Auckland

Friday, August 30th, 2013

Fr.Roderick Vonhögen, author of a book entitled “Geekpriest – Confessions of a New Media Pioneer”, will be visiting Australia and New Zealand from August 27 until September 12,  He will be speaking in Auckland on 11 September. Vonhögen has been involved in new media and social media since 1996, when his love of Star Wars and a blog Read more

Indulgences for WYD — even through Twitter

Friday, July 19th, 2013

Pope Francis has said Catholics can earn a plenary indulgence by participating in World Youth Day activities — even through Twitter or other social media. Those who attend the July 23-28 WYD event in Brazil may obtain the indulgence, “once a day and under the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer in accordance Read more

Twitter campaign shames media over abortion trial

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Pro-life advocates including celebrities and politicians have used Twitter and Facebook to shame national media in the United States for not covering the trial of an abortionist whose clinic has been dubbed the “House of Horrors”. Pro-life groups decided to use social media as a platform for people to voice their frustrations over the mainstream Read more

Children are being groomed by alcohol companies

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Children are being groomed by alcohol companies years before they reach the legal drinking age, through advertising on Facebook, researchers say. Massey University health psychology associate professor Antonia Lyons says checking Facebook was part of their everyday routine and it was used as a platform to organise social events, many of which revolved around drinking. Read more

New pope can still be @pontifex on Twitter

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

The Vatican has dispelled claims that Pope Benedict XVI’s “Pontifex” Twitter account will be shut down permanently, clarifying that it “will be available for use by the next Pope as he may wish.” Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said Feb. 23 the Twitter account was created for the Pope’s Read more