Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite wants to do for money what gays and lesbians have done for sex—within the church, that is. Instead of ignoring this unwelcome subject, she wants to bring it out into the open. “Money is still something that we don’t touch. And yet, as I talk in churches so many people are so Read more
Vatican radio is reducing is use of Short and Medium Wave radio transmissions to most of Europe and the United States, and replace them with new communications technologies. The move, announced by Director General of Vatican Radio, Fr Federico Lombardi, SJ, is to happen on July 1. Lombardi said newer developments in communications technology meant Read more
The iPad and other similar electronic “books” in the liturgy are not the only intrusion of gadgetry in the liturgy. So what is the appropriate use of technology in liturgy? Data projectors are almost universally used. Powerpoint has become a must. What about recorded music? In a recent Blog Bosco Peters looks at a few Read more
The Vatican has just begun offering a widget, a software application, that will allow anyone with a website or blog to provide readers with automatically updated news and documents from the Vatican. When installed, the widget, with fixed dimensions, opens a small window with four tabs. Clicking on one provides the latest news from the Read more
A Catholic priest from Co Tyrone who “inadvertently” displayed gay pornographic images to a group of parents and a child has issued an unreserved apology. The images were shown on a screen by Fr Martin McVeigh, the parish priest of Pomeroy, during a PowerPoint presentation at St Mary’s Primary School about children’s first Confession on Read more
Pope Benedict illuminated a huge Christmas tree in Umbria, bring life to the tree by using a Sony Tablet S. As he turned on hundreds of lights forming the “world’s largest Christmas tree”, and speaking from Rome, Benedict said that he has three personal wishes for the Christmas season. My first wish, therefore, is that Read more
When Marshall McLuhan’s ground-breaking work in mass communication theory catapulted him into the spotlight more than 30 years ago, the internet and social media were faint blips on the world’s technological radar screen. What many people do not know is that the late University of Toronto professor and Roman Catholic convert also referred to the Read more
