Pope2You now on Facebook!

The Pope comes to Facebook today.

The news from www.zenit.org:

VATICAN CITY, MAY 20, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican is set to unveil its newest Web page this week. Called Pope2You.net, the site aims to bring the words and messages of Benedict XVI to the youth.

The reasons for the site? According to Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Vatican Council for Social Communications, it's chief aims are to:

• Get the youth to read the Pope's message addressed to them on the responsible use of new technologies, like Facebook, etc, etc.

• Allow young people to do many of the things they can do on other sites, but with a twist.

• Enable young people to send virtual cards to friends, cards with an attractive image of the Pope and a quote taken from one of his addresses.
  

• To take advantage of this means of communication so that the message of the Gospel is known by the youth of today's world.

Viva! to the new media!