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This is an archive article published on November 13, 2009
Catholic Church needs more Internet savvy: bishop
The Roman Catholic Church should leave its "ghetto" and recognise the importance and reach of the Internet,a French bishop has said.
The Roman Catholic Church should leave its 8220;ghetto8221; and recognise the importance and reach of the Internet,a French bishop has said.
8220;The Internet is increasingly an integral part of everyday life,8221; Monsignor Jean-Michel Di Falco said at the start of a four-day Vatican meeting of European Catholic bishops concerned with the media.
8220;By not being present on the Web,you cut yourself off from a large part of people8217;s lives,8221; added the bishop of Gap,in southeastern France.
He noted three events involving the Church that have 8220;shaken Planet Internet8221; in recent months: the lifting of the ex-communication of a Holocaust-denying bishop; the ex-communication of a doctor who performed an abortion on a nine-year-old rape victim; and remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about condom use and AIDS in Africa.
The pope himself stated at the height of the affair involving British Bishop Richard Williamson that a simple check on the Internet would have quickly revealed his views on the Holocaust.
Representatives from the social network Facebook,the Google search engine,the YouTube video sharing website and the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia are guests at this year8217;s meeting of the European Episcopal Commission for Media,a Swiss-based Vatican agency.
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