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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Bishops to have individual online journals
BISHOPS are never too old for high technology.
Thus, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced Wednesday that it has directed every Filipino bishop to create their own blog to expand their reach to the faithful.
As defined, a blog a Web site that contains dated entries in reverse chronological order (most recent first) about a particular topic. Functioning as an online journal, blogs can be written by one person or a group of contributors. Entries contain commentary and links to other Web sites, and images as well as a search facility may also be included.
Mark Inigo Tallara, information officer and media relation assistant of the CBCP, said "our aim is to make every bishop accessible to the faithful, particularly to the youth that's why we want each of them to have their own blog."
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, who is one of the first bishops to have his blog on the Internet, said he has his own blog not just because he is following the call of the late Pope John Paul II to tap the Internet as its new form of evangelization but to also forward the truth in dated "socio-moral issues".
Aside from Cruz, other prelates that already have their blog include outgoing CBCP president and Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla, Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Queveo, Dipolog Bishop Jose Manguiran and Borongan Bishop Loenardo Medroso.
To get into the bishops' blog, simply click www.cbcponline.net. You could also access directly the blog of the bishops by logging on to www.ovc.blogspot.com for Archbishop Cruz's "Viewpoints", (http://abpquevedo.blogspot.com) for Quevedo's "Perspectives", (http://bpmanguiran.blogspot.com) for Bishop Manguiran's "The Meaning" and (http://medroso.blogspot.com) for Bishop Medroso's "Tidbits".
Although there are 119 bishops in the country, Tallara said it is very possible that only those holding ecclesiastical jurisdictions or 90 bishops will be given a blog. "Hopefully, we would be able to accomplish 50 percent of the task before the year ends," he said.
Apart from reading the bishops' opinions, those who will access the site can also ask questions from their respective bishops. (MSN/Sunnex)
(October 13, 2005 issue)
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