Pope Benedict XVI gets e-mail address
(New pope follows in John Paul's digital footsteps)
Can't get to Rome to see the new pope? Now you can e-mail him.
The Associated Press
Updated: 4:33 p.m. ET April 21, 2005VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI had an Internet fan club even when he was cardinal. Now the Vatican has taken the logical next step by giving him a papal e-mail address.
The Holy See hasnt said how many messages the pope has gotten, but if the late John Paul IIs experience with a multimedia ministry is any guide, the new leader of the worlds 1.1 billion Roman Catholics will have an inbox jammed with prayers, problems and pet peeves.
On Thursday, the Vatican said it was modifying its Web site so users who click on a Greetings to the Holy Father icon on the home page automatically activate an e-mail composer with his address in the send field.
The address for messages in English is benedictxvi@vatican.va. There are also addresses for e-mails in Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Benedicts e-mail isnt the only address generating interest in an online world.
The popes election triggered a mad scramble among people eager to register with various incarnations of his name on free e-mail providers such as Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.s Hotmail, British Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday.
And there is action on the Web, too. At one point Thursday, bidding on eBay surpassed $1,175 for PopeBenedictXVI.com a Web domain name being peddled by an enterprising soul from Ontario, Canada.
http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/7587388
(New pope follows in John Paul's digital footsteps)
Can't get to Rome to see the new pope? Now you can e-mail him.
The Associated Press
Updated: 4:33 p.m. ET April 21, 2005VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI had an Internet fan club even when he was cardinal. Now the Vatican has taken the logical next step by giving him a papal e-mail address.
The Holy See hasnt said how many messages the pope has gotten, but if the late John Paul IIs experience with a multimedia ministry is any guide, the new leader of the worlds 1.1 billion Roman Catholics will have an inbox jammed with prayers, problems and pet peeves.
On Thursday, the Vatican said it was modifying its Web site so users who click on a Greetings to the Holy Father icon on the home page automatically activate an e-mail composer with his address in the send field.
The address for messages in English is benedictxvi@vatican.va. There are also addresses for e-mails in Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.
Benedicts e-mail isnt the only address generating interest in an online world.
The popes election triggered a mad scramble among people eager to register with various incarnations of his name on free e-mail providers such as Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.s Hotmail, British Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday.
And there is action on the Web, too. At one point Thursday, bidding on eBay surpassed $1,175 for PopeBenedictXVI.com a Web domain name being peddled by an enterprising soul from Ontario, Canada.
http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/7587388
