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When Pope Benedict XVI Tweeted using an iPad last week (@news_va_en), I heard some secular media report that it was good to have the Church “catch up with the times,” so to speak. I wonder how many of them realize that the Church has long been “with the times.” Jesus, himself, used parables to teach [...]

From a U.S. Bishops’ press release: Catholics worldwide are asked to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s ordination to the priesthood with sixty hours of Eucharistic prayer for vocations. The pope will celebrate his anniversary June 29, the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul.  In honor of his anniversary, the Vatican Congregation for [...]

Pope Benedict XVI made the first Papal call to space on Saturday, according to xt3.com, a social networking and resource site for Catholics. The nearly three-and-a-half-minute call included a Q&A with the 12 astronauts at the International Space Station. Topics included their mission, personal lives and the mystery of science and space in general. Follow [...]

Selected highlights from Catholic News Service’s Media Review Office: “Quest for Solomon’s Mines” — Tue., Nov. 23, 8-9 p.m. EST (PBS). In a joint investigation with National Geographic, the “Nova” series looks at the legend of King Solomon and reveals the source of the great wealth that powered the first mighty biblical kingdoms (TV-G — [...]

One of Pope Benedict XVI’s mission prayer intentions this month is “That the Church may be a ‘home’ for all people,” according to a recent Catholics Come Home news release. And the Catholic media apostolate, which used Phoenix as a test market for its television commercials targeting the fallen-away demographic in 2008, continues its efforts [...]