Live streaming for Pope's Christmas mass
AFP, Dec 23, 2010, 04.38am ISTindiatimes.
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI's traditional Christmas Eve mass will be streamed live on the Internet in six languages and available on iPhones around the world, the Vatican said today.
The Italian-language mass will be translated into English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. The pope's "Urbi et Orbi" blessing on December 25 and the New Year's Day mass will also be available, the Vatican added in a statement.
There will also be a commentary in Chinese for the Christmas Eve mass and in Arabic for the New Year's Day mass.
The streaming service will be available on www.pope2you.net, www.pccs.va and www.vaticanradio.org and "allows anyone, anywhere in the world to follow the celebrations and guarantees fast connections," the statement said.
Benedict has emphasised the importance of social media communications during his pontificate, which began in 2005. The Vatican now has its own YouTube channel, a Facebook application called Pope2You and regular podcasts.
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Rift widens as China lashes out at Pope
Saibal Dasgupta, TNN, Dec 23, 2010, 01.28pm IST=================================================
BEIJING: The Chinese government has challenged the role played by the Pope and suggested that the Vatican was misguiding Catholics in the country. The statement, which follows Vatican's criticism of the official church in China, indicated an intensification of the old conflict between the two sides.
"Who is actually using coercive measures and demanding Catholics betray their conscience? Isn't it crystal clear?" a spokesman of the State Administration for Religious Affairs said Wednesday. He was responding to Vatican's criticism of the decision of the official church to anoint a Bishop after a recent meeting.
Pope Benedict XVI recently accused China of violating religious freedom and told Catholic bishops not to attend a meeting of the pro-government church early this month. The official church went ahead with the meeting in December 7-9, and the Vatican followed up its earlier statement by criticizing the constitution of the two official organizations, the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China.
"Has the Vatican not read the two constitutions? Or is it obscuring the boundary between faith and politics on purpose?" the spokesperson said in response to Vatican's declaration of the incompatibility of the constitutions with Catholic doctrine.
The pro-government church claimed the meeting was attended by 64 bishops, 162 priests, 24 nuns and 91 other church members. The meeting also amended the constitution of two government-backed organizations, The meeting was meant to elect a new leadership and set future agenda.
The constitution of the two organizations does not violate the fundamental Catholic faith, and "there is no question of getting recognition by any foreign organization or state," the government spokesman said.
"Who is actually using coercive measures and demanding Catholics betray their conscience? Isn't it crystal clear?" a spokesman of the State Administration for Religious Affairs said Wednesday. He was responding to Vatican's criticism of the decision of the official church to anoint a Bishop after a recent meeting.
Pope Benedict XVI recently accused China of violating religious freedom and told Catholic bishops not to attend a meeting of the pro-government church early this month. The official church went ahead with the meeting in December 7-9, and the Vatican followed up its earlier statement by criticizing the constitution of the two official organizations, the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China.
"Has the Vatican not read the two constitutions? Or is it obscuring the boundary between faith and politics on purpose?" the spokesperson said in response to Vatican's declaration of the incompatibility of the constitutions with Catholic doctrine.
The pro-government church claimed the meeting was attended by 64 bishops, 162 priests, 24 nuns and 91 other church members. The meeting also amended the constitution of two government-backed organizations, The meeting was meant to elect a new leadership and set future agenda.
The constitution of the two organizations does not violate the fundamental Catholic faith, and "there is no question of getting recognition by any foreign organization or state," the government spokesman said.
(indiatimes)
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