Catholic Blog: Special Coverage of Mourning of Pope John Paul II
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to our continuing coverage. I'm Wolf Blitzer, with Judy Woodruff, here in Washington.It's been an extraordinary day at the Vatican, as the crowds of mourners continue to file past the body of Pope John Paul II inside Saint Peter's Basilica.Let's rejoin CNN's Jim Bittermann. He's on the scene for us in Vatican city.These pictures are really amazing pictures, Jim, as we see...
Catholic Blog: THE BLOGGIEST IDEA,
RELIGIOUS WEBLOGS ARE GAINING POPULARITY AS PEOPLE TALK ISSUES, ASK PREACHERS FOR ADVICE OR GO BY A PEN NAME AND LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY THINK
Sandy Johnson sparked a little holy war on his computer.Last month, the Columbus resident criticized a billboard campaign by Cascade Hills Church on his weblog, calling it "cheesy;" and he questioned if it violated copyright laws because it mimicked the Apple iPod logo. It wasn't long until the self-described computer geek got the online equivalent of a slapping."Someone ripped into me for being negative," he said. One person...
Catholic Blog: A special blessing
Kneeling before Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger on the floor of Saint Peter’s Basilica, John A. Sistare could not have known that the hand ordaining him as a deacon would one day wear the Fisherman’s Ring – the official seal of the pope.Lifting his head, Sistare joined hands with the German cardinal and swore to a promise of obedience before Ratzinger handed him a bound copy of the Book of the Gospels. Later, Ratzinger would hug Sistare as a customary...
Catholic Blog: The Guardian: What the weblogs said about ... the new pope
Quicker than you could say habemus papam , debate about the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI - aka Benny, aka B16 - swept the blogosphere. "The liberal cafeteria Catholic's worst nightmare has come true," wrote Philip Blosser of Cardinal Ratzinger's victory at his pblosser.blogspot.com (a finalist in the "Catholic blog awards 2005 - most intellectual", no less). "The Panzerkardinal, the...
Catholic Blog: Blog on, Christian soldiers
Among the more popular faith-oriented Web logs is JoeConvert.com, run by a prominent Catholic radio show host who shares his conversion experience with the world.
Those shepherds would have a much easier time nowadays telling folks about their visit with the newborn Christ child. They'd just prop their staffs in the corner, fire up the Internet and do their glorifying and praising in a blog.Web logs are no longer the exclusive domain of geeks, cranks and the self-absorbed. The virtual pews in the Christian corner of the Internet are filling up with thoughtful diarists writing about their spiritual journeys and personal experiences with...