Pope gives morality message to the media

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Times
From Richard Owen in Rome



THE Pope urged the world’s media yesterday to promote “justice and solidarity” and the “moral good”, observing that journalists and communicators are “in need of Christ’s redemption”.

The Pope, whose skill at using the media in his 26-year reign has earned him the title “The Great Communicator”, said that the media, including the internet, offered a “precious aid for spreading the Gospel and religious values”, but this was “not an easy mission in an age such as ours, which is convinced that the time of certainties is irretrievably past”. The modern world was all too easily distracted by “the provisional and fleeting”.

He added: “Modern technologies increase to a remarkable extent the speed, quality and accessibility of communciation, but do not favour that delicate exchange which takes place between mind and mind, heart and heart.”

The Pope urged Christians not to be afraid of new technologies.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-1494935,00.html

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1. "The Pope urged Christians not to be afraid of new technologies"

Having said this, he concluded his Powerpoint presentation and put his laptop to sleep.

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2. Except

The Pope urged Christians not to be afraid of new technologies.

Evolution is evil. Internet is liberal and spreads the message of Satan. Hydrogen cars are evil since it doesn't support oil companies. Lastly, technology makes them think.

Pope put down his tin can and cut the string to end the message.

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3. He also called gay marriage part of the "Ideology of Evil"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1257924&mesg_id=1257924

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4. and abortion - "legal extermination"

"It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man," he writes.

complete story:
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050222/2005-02-22T20...