If you used Google to search for the word “Vatican” this weekend, you probably were surprised that the first result was not “vatican.va” but a paedophile site called “pedofilo.com”. Well, maybe you weren’t that surprised, unlike Google. More »
Writing from the future, Pope Benedict XVI is urging his followers, including priests, to “be present in the world of digital communications”, using “images, videos, animated features, blogs and websites”, all with the aim of converting people to the church. More »
Last year Father Jose Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit priest and the chief papal astronomer, noted that the search for aliens did not contradict a belief in God. With that, the floodgates appeared to have opened at the Vatican. More »
What? The Earth revolves around the sun? Preposterous. By the way, I want you to give up all technology for Lent. Oh, and pay no attention to the workers installing our $US660 million solar plant.
As part of its continuing effort to fight the “sin” of pollution, the Vatican has revealed that the first few panels of its 2,400-strong solar panel roof project were installed this week. The $US1.5 million project will require minimal maintenance over the next 25 years, and is part of an ambitious environmental project that could see the tiny European state become the first carbon-neutral body in the world. “Those who destroy the environment are also big sinners”, said Italian Cardinal Deacon Renato Raffaele Martino earlier this year. “It’s a big insult to God.” I see it as more of an insult to my lungs, Martino, but I hear you barking on that one anyway. Good form. [Treehugger]
ROME (Agencies) – The Vatican has bought Palm Inc. in a US$800-million cash, stock, and souls deal, a move that analysts are calling a bold bid to reconvert the Catholic Church into the number one mobile operator for communication with God. The purchase is the culmination of Pope Benedict XVI’s new push into the mobile arena.
