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                                           Vatican: Pope makes YouTube debut



                                    Social networking represents new venue for Church






 (ANSA) -
Vatican City,
January 23, 2009

- Pope Benedict XVI made his official debut on YouTube on Friday with a number of video clips prepared by the Vatican media service posted on the video sharing website.

Pope Benedict's clips can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/vaticanit.

The event was announced by Vatican Radio Director Father Federico Lombardi during the presentation of the pope's message for Social Communications Day.

At the same time the Vatican's website reported the news and said the pope's debut on YouTube ''writes a new page in the history of the Holy See''.

''We are convinced that there are people interested in the pope's message and that they, in their search for the meaning of life, are among the many who surf the Web. It for them that we have opened a YouTube channel,'' Father Lombardi explained.

The videos posted on the site will include clips of papal audiences, the pope's meetings with important world figures, celebrations in St Peter's Square ''and daily events which we cover and that we think could be video news,'' the head of Vatican Radio said.

Father Lombardi added that he will have the final word on the content posted given his position as head of Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television Center (CTV).

All the material will copyrighted by the Holy See and prepared by Vatican Radio and CTV and it will not be possible to download the clips, he explained.

While the original clips will be in Italian, ''thanks to collaboration with H2onews many videos will also be available in English, German and Spanish,'' the Vatican Radio chief said.

H2onews is a worldwide Catholic multimedia news service which focuses on the life of the Church and events regarding Catholics living in the world.

''We are starting off with 12 video clips which center on the events of recent weeks and then added to these every day,'' he added.

The YouTube site also includes a number of links with Vatican Radio, CTV, the Vatican daily Osservatore Romano and H2onews ''because we are well aware that the Vatican and the pope are not the whole Church, which is present and operates throughout the world. Thus Catholic TV channels the world over will be called on to contribute video news,'' Father Lombardo said.

The church's foray into social networking will also include a number of interactive options including the possibility of sending a message and sharing as well as placing a document in the archive of IGoogle.

''Interaction is a path we have embarked upon, we'll see where it leads us. In the future we hope to expand the range of contributions and the languages used, Father Lombardi said.

''The Holy Father was personally informed about our project and we feel very encouraged because he was very pleased with it,'' he added.
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