Social Media and the Vatican

Social Media and the Vatican

The canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on 27 April was a social media event.  A special  website was created.   This has event schedules, biographies of the popes and explanations of their  canonisations.  You can also view online videos of the ceremonies.

There was a Twitter handle@2popesaints.  This makes interesting reading with photographs, photos and cartoons.

Plus a Facebook page and The YouTube channel of the Vatican also has videos of events.

For background information on the process of beatification and canonization see:

• The free version of the Catholic Encyclopaedia  (1907)
•  U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops backgrounder
• For more detailed information see the Vatican website for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.