Media experts will join European bishops to show how best to
communicate the Catholic Church's message using the tools of the 21st
century.
Representatives from the social network Facebook, the search engine
Google, the YouTube video sharing website and the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia will explain the importance of "new media" in the lives of
young people, the UK's Telegraph reports.
The annual meeting of the European Episcopal Commission for Media will
be held at the Vatican from Thursday through Sunday and focus on the
"new technology" of cyberspace, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi
told AFP, according to a report in The Independent.
"Translating the Christian message into the present interactive
(Internet) culture" will be among the issues debated at the four day
meeting, the EECM said in a statement.
The bishops will also
learn how to combat the threat of hacking, with advice from a young
hacker from Switzerland and an Interpol expert on cybercrime, the Telegraph said.
"The world of hackers is a separate, parallel culture that is mostly
ignored by the Church but not by fans of information technology," said
the Vatican's communications ministry, the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications, which is organising the gathering.
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Google and Facebook teach Vatican the mysteries of the internet (Telegraph.co.uk)
Catholic bishops to address challenge of cyberspace (The Independent)