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Pope Benedict Wants to Meet You on Facebook

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(Newser) – Pope Benedict probably isn’t at the computer himself, but the Vatican is making a major push to lure young believers online, Reuters reports. It’s launched www.pope2you.net, which offers Web 2.0 applications like “The pope meets you on Facebook,” and another that downloads the pope’s speeches for iPhones and iPods. “We recognize that a church that does not communicate ceases to be a church,” said one official.

A view of the the Pope2You web site on a computer screen in Rome today.
A view of the the Pope2You web site on a computer screen in Rome today.   (AP Photo)
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Newser001
May 22, 09 1:57 PM CDT
Nice try Popo... I left the church decades ago due to intrusive, unfounded, cruel and deceptionaly inflicted guilt, birth control, AIDs ignorance, incompetence, fear mongering, and on going pedophilia, etc, etc, etc. Your history with The Nazi Youth and utter ignorance with regard to your staff and current affairs is just too much to buy. Good riddance, The Agnostic / Atheist Reply
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Circusdog
May 22, 09 3:46 PM CDT
Blessed are the cheesemakers! Reply
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ksu92
May 22, 09 6:06 PM CDT
Man, pedophiles are *everywhere*! Reply
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justme
May 22, 09 7:34 PM CDT
Happy to see that the same response can be found everytime the church or pope is quoted. So much for intelligent debate. Reply
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benbaum
May 26, 09 10:03 PM CDT
Yeah, it's almost pointless to try and have a conversation on this web site. Oh well. At least the hotheads can vent somewhere with out wasting someone's time in real life.
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