Pope launches YouTube Channel

[neeners]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/23/vatican.pope.youtube/index.html

The Vatican plans to use it mainly as a news channel featuring the pope's daily activities and speeches, and it will provide links to other Catholic TV sites around the world, he said.
Vatican TV and Radio will contribute greatly to the channel, and eventually it will have an interactive section so users can contribute material, too, Lombardi said.
YouTube videos posted on the Vatican's channel included his Angelus message from Sunday. That was the most popular clip on the channel, with nearly 2,000 views by Friday afternoon; the second-most-viewed clip, with more than 760 views, was of the pope discussing the Internet as a "new way to speak to God."

Should be pretty cool eh?

"With the YouTube platform, we now have the capacity to give young people direct access to the thinking, to the thoughts, to the words and deeds of the pope," said Monsignor Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council. "That allows them to share that with their friends."
The channel is non-profit, and the Vatican is neither giving money to YouTube owner Google nor receiving money for the channel, Lombardi told reporters. The Vatican will put no ads on the channel, he said.

I think it's an inspired idea.

 

[neeners]

Can a Mod please fix the spelling on the title? It's suppose to be launches not lunches, duh.

 

[Greg the byzantine]

Can a Mod please fix the spelling on the title? It's suppose to be launches not lunches, duh.

done

 

[neeners]

bump

Anyone check this out yet? Sounds like it might be pretty cool.

 

[Auntie]

I think this is a great idea, thanks for posting this neeners!

Here's the link to the channel:

http://www.youtube.com/vatican

You can choose your language, very cool. There's already a list of 23 videos. Most of them are very short, a minute or less.

I like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjxixVMwmaY&feature=channel_page

 

[JacktheCatholic]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/23/vatican.pope.youtube/index.html

Should be pretty cool eh?
I think it's an inspired idea.

AWESOME

 

[neeners]

This is so coo and a comfort to see what is happening. I am touched by the Popes words here. It was just five hours ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ucNS3hY_OY&feature=channel