And the Pope said ";Let there be BLOG!"; Social Media has become such an integral part of our lives that Pope Benedict XVI has a message for all the Priests of the Catholic Church ";They must proclaim the gospel by not only having a website, but by blogging and utilizing new web communication tools";.
The church has realized that it needs to go where the people are.....ONLINE! Encouraging priests to blog will supplement the iphone application, Facebook Fan Page and You-Tube video's the Vatican already has. I understand he is not on Twitter yet though, But I bet he will be soon.
Here’s a small excerpt from the entire message from the Pope:
“The spread of multimedia communications and its rich ‘menu of options’ might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web, or to see it only as a space to be filled. Yet priests can rightly be expected to be present in the world of digital communications as faithful witnesses to the Gospel, exercising their proper role as leaders of communities which increasingly express themselves with the different ‘voices’ provided by the digital marketplace. Priests are thus challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated features, blogs, websites) which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis.”
The Pope has obviously realized something that some Realtors and lenders have not ";Reaching new customers requires going places where they spend most of their time and converse";.
I think the Pope's statement emphasizes the importance of Social Media. I am still puzzled as to why I continually meet with industry professionals that tell me ";I just don't have time";, to which I will now reply ";Hey, If the Pope can make time for Social Media......so can you!";
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