In his recent message for World Communications Day, Pope Benedict XVI noted that priests, "whose primary duty is the proclamation of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God," now stand at the threshold of new era as new technologies create deeper forms of relationships. As such, "they are called to respond pastorally by putting media ever more effectively at the service of the Word." The Holy Father further remind his priests that by effectively using communication technologies, they can introduce people to the life of the Church and help our contemporaries to discover the Face of Christ.
It was the promise of these new technologies, with their nearly limitless capacity for facilitating the proclamation of the Gospel, that led to the development of my own media apostolate,
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. The purpose of this evangelization outreach is to utilize new technologies in creative ways that will enhance the rapport between the Faith and the culture and offer an experience of the Church that is grounded in intelligence and truth...