Pope Rails Against the Internet and Transparency

tcd004 writes "At a conference on digital media at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI attacked the idea of transparency in the Internet age, warning that digital transparency exacerbates tensions between nations and within nations themselves and increases the 'dangers of ... intellectual and moral relativism,' which can lead to 'multiple forms of degradation and humiliation' of the essence of a person, and to the 'pollution of the spirit.' All in all, it seemed a pretty grim view of the wide-open communication environment being demanded by the Internet age."

Comments

Oh, and don't even get him started on Twitter

[Anonymous Coward]

That 140 character limit drives him up the wall.

Re:Who cares?

[Foobar of Borg]

Does anyone truly care what this guy thinks? "Pollution of the spirit?" From a Catholic priest? Please...

Well, in all fairness, the article did leave out the Pope mentioning how the Internet will sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids...