Comments on: Why won't the pope let you rate him on YouTube?

There are 12 videos on the new papal YouTube channel. And you can't rate any of them or embed any of them, and there is no Chinese translation. How's that for evangelism?

[haydesigner]

This topic was ripe for snide remarks and zingers, but you instead raised a number of highly valid (and topical) concerns, IMO. Nicely done.

(btw, I think we all know why they do not allow ratings... the Catholic Church, on anything other than a local level, has always only been a one-way communication street)

[Joetwopointoh]

In the Catholic church the Pontiff proclaims and the devout follow. There is no debate and therefor, no use for ratings. :)

[sr_mary]

Have patience! I heard from a priest who worked in the Vatican for 20 years that even in the late 80s, the vatican had a handful of computers. Benedict is doing wonders for connecting with the digital age. It may be a cautious start, with embedding and rating disabled, and some not-so-hot videos at first, but I have no doubt it will improve!

[fmfosnacht]

Chris,
There is a true "crisis of content" of new media in the Catholic Church. At this time, we believe the best aggregation is on the site MyCatholicVoice.com, created specifically for the needs of the global catholic church. This site does employ web 2.0 best practices, rating, dialogue and user generated content, as well as sales from the best catholic publishers. Lot's of new models being invented here in church struggling to apply the dynamics of the communication revolution to ecclesial matters. authority.