107.9 The River » Pope Benedict http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Pope's Resignation Prompts Celebrity Reaction on Facebook http://theriver1079.com/pope-resignation-facebook/ http://theriver1079.com/pope-resignation-facebook/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:57:05 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://thefw.com/?p=186008 The news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation quickly spread across social media platforms on Monday. While the pope remained silent on his recently opened Twitter account, his Facebook page (which we completely fabricated) got weird. Check out how (we imagine) the pope's "friends" reacted to his resignation:

]]> http://theriver1079.com/pope-resignation-facebook/feed/ 0 Pope Benedict XVI to Resign February 28, 2013 http://theriver1079.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-at-the-end-of-the-month/ http://theriver1079.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-at-the-end-of-the-month/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:48:56 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=259384 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. The announcement sets the stage for a conclave in March to elect a new leader for world's 1 billion Catholics

]]> http://theriver1079.com/pope-benedict-to-resign-at-the-end-of-the-month/feed/ 0 Fanco Origlia, Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI Sends First Papal Tweet From an iPad [VIDEO] http://theriver1079.com/pope-benedict-xvi-sends-first-papal-tweet-from-an-ipad-video/ http://theriver1079.com/pope-benedict-xvi-sends-first-papal-tweet-from-an-ipad-video/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:00:23 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefwd.com/?p=19770 The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad.

You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.

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