Pope Benedict Launches Vatican News Site...with a Tweet

For several years now, Pope Benedict XVI has been encouraging the universal Church to take advantage of the new technologies as a means to evangelize the world in response to Jesus' command to "Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations..."

It would seem the pope is getting a little techno-savvy himself since today he used an iPad to launch the Vatican's newest website: News.VA...and he did it with a tweet! I've included a video of the launching below. The pope got more than his share of advice and assistance from those involved in launching the new site.

The website is actually quite good, with excellent coverage of world news, the Church in the world, as well as happenings in the Vatican.