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Article: ON THE WEB: ; Vatican launches Pope YouTube channel to gain wider audience
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 24, 2009
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack
Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his own YouTube
channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital
generation.
The Vatican said it was launching the channel to broaden
Benedict's audience while also giving the Holy See better control
over the papal image online.
In his inaugural foray, Benedict welcomed viewers to this "great
family that knows no borders" and said he hoped they would "feel
involved in this great dialogue of truth."
The site, www.youtube.com/ vaticanit, was launched the same day
the pontiff praised as a "gift to humanity" the benefits of social
networking sites such as Facebook and ...