Boston cardinal reaches flock with podcasts

Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley O.F.M. Cap.

Function: Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Birthdate: Jun 29, 1944	Country: USA

Elevated: Mar 24, 2006	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org, www.cardinalseansblog.org

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Boston cardinal reaches flock with podcasts
Dec 21, 2006
Boston's Cardinal Sean O’Malley is going high-tech. He already has his own blog and now he plans to start podcasting to the masses, beginning with downloadable Christmas messages.

(Irish Examiner, 22 December 2006) The video messages — in English, Spanish and Portuguese — are part of a broader effort by the Boston Archdiocese to embrace new technology as a way to spread the church’s message.

The archdiocese has assigned email addresses to all priests, a handful of whom have resisted using computers and also has an internet and intranet site.

O’Malley, a Capuchin Franciscan friar who has taken a vow of poverty and is a frequent critic of consumer culture, is emerging as an unlikely technology pioneer.

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