{"id":2417,"date":"2006-05-02T13:02:28","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/vatican-myspace.html"},"modified":"2006-05-02T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2006-05-02T13:02:28","slug":"vatican-myspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/vatican-myspace.html","title":{"rendered":"Vatican MySpace"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Business Week characterizes the new direction of the Vatican website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now Sister Judith is creating a second Vatican Web site, set for launch in the fall, that is aimed at bringing together the faithful so they can interact. Think of it as MySpace.com (<\/span>NWS<\/span><\/a> ) for Catholics. There will be personal news updates, e-learning programs, and areas set aside for families, young people, and parishes. Collaboration is key, and that should differentiate the site from others in its genre. "People will be able to find each other and work together online, and then go back and use what they have learned or done in their own communities," says Sister Judith.<\/span><\/p>\n

WINDING PATH<\/span>
The new site will likely boost visitor traffic, as well. The current Vatican site typically gets about 1 million unique visitors per month, though when Pope John Paul II died last April, it spiked up to 1.8 million U.S. visitors, according to traffic tracker Nielsen\/\/NetRatings. That temporarily put it in the same league with the most popular religious destinations including Beliefnet, a multi-faith site, and the Mormon church’s site.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Marvelous possibilites…ENORMOUS task…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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