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The site allows young people to send virtual cards to friends with different images of the Pope and a quote from one of his addresses. The cards are sent via an application from Facebook.The site also will contain a "wiki" called WIKICATH along with iPhone applications. In addition, the site contains the link to the Vatican's YouTube channel.
The web site was created with youth in mind, especially with regard to interactivity and the aspect of sharing information. Through this interactivity and sharing of information, it is the hope that youth will take advantage of this means of communication and spread the Gospel and the values that we believe in.
The site can be accessed by going to www.Pope2You.net
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 30 May 2009 )
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Get Ready For WYD 2011 In Madrid! |
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 |
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today after
Palm Sunday Mass, before praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St.
Peter's Square. During his address, a delegation from Sydney
handed over the World Youth Day Cross to a group of young people from Madrid.
"...I
now address a special greeting to the 150 delegates -- bishops, priests and lay
people -- who in recent days participated in the international meeting on the
World Youth Days, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Thus,
there begins the journey of preparation toward the next international gathering
of youth, which will take place in August 2011 in Madrid. I have already indicated its theme:
"Rooted and Built Up in Christ, Solid in Faith," which is taken from
Colossians 2:7. As is tradition, the young people from Australia will give to the young people from Spain the World
Youth Day cross, the "pilgrim cross," which brings the message of
Christ to all the youth of the world. This "passing on of witness"
takes on a highly symbolic value, with which we express immense gratitude to
God for the gifts received at the great meeting in Sydney
and for those that we will receive at the meeting in Madrid. Tomorrow the cross, accompanied by
the icon of the Virgin Mary, will depart for the Spanish capital, and will be
present there for the great Good Friday procession. After this a long
pilgrimage through the dioceses of Spain
will begin, and will end again in Madrid
in the summer of 2011. May this cross and this icon of Mary be for all a sign
of Christ's invincible love and that of his and our Mother!"
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 April 2009 )
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