Vatican City, Oct 2, 2012 / 15:18 pm
Pope Benedict XVI will release a message in January 2013 that will examine the promise of social networks like Facebook and Twitter as "new spaces of evangelization" and "portals of truth and faith."
The Pontifical Council of Social Communications announced on Sept. 29 that the Pope chose social networks as the theme of the Catholic Church's next World Communications Day.
The pontifical council noted the need to be "attentive to the emergence and enormous popularity of the social networks, which privilege dialogical and interactive forms of communication and relationships."
The council asked whether technology can help men and women "meet Christ in faith" at a time when technology has become "part of the fabric of connectivity of human experiences."