Think you know a thing or two about Pope Benedict XVI? Then log on to Facebook this week and you could be a winner.
OK, maybe it’s not of a trip to the Vatican. But you could win a copy of a new book about the pope by taking part in “Pope Culture Week,” a competition on the Facebook page of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Every weekday this week, the USCCB will ask its Facebook fans — of whom there were nearly 22,000 as of yesterday — a question about the life and teachings of Pope Benedict XVI.
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The first person to give the correct answer in the comment box beneath the question will win a copy of a book about the pontiff, with forewords by King Abdullah II of Jordan and Israeli President Shimon Peres.
It’s not clear if copies will be signed by the leader of the world’s billion Roman Catholics, or by either foreword contributor.
Though the Roman Catholic Church isn’t usually associated with social networks, next week’s competition will not be the first foray into the new-wave communication medium by the church or individual clergy members.
The USCCB tweets live from its general assembly meetings, and an Australian nun tweets on behalf of saint-in-waiting Mary MacKillop, whom Benedict put on course to become Australia’s first saint.
There’s even a pope app on Facebook, called Pope2You, which allows users to receive messages from the pontiff.
And the pope himself has urged priests to go forth and tweet, blog and post on Facebook.
“Priests are ... challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated features, blogs, Web sites),” the octogenarian pontiff said in a message in May to mark World Communications Day. (afp)
你覺得很了解教宗本篤十六世嗎？那麼這星期別忘記上臉書，或許就成為有獎徵答的贏家。
好吧，獎品或許不像梵蒂岡之旅那麼好，但參加「教宗文化週」活動，還是可能獲得關於教宗的一本新書。這項比賽舉辦在美國天主教主教會議的臉書網頁上。
這一週的每一天，美國天主教主教會議將於網頁上（直至昨天已有多達兩萬兩千名粉絲），詢問粉絲團關於教宗本篤十六世的人生與教誨。
第一位將正確答案寫在問題下面回應欄裡的網友，就有機會得到關於教宗的一本書。該書的前言由約旦國王阿布杜拉二世，與以色列總統希蒙‧裴瑞茲執筆。
目前尚不確定這位羅馬天主教數十億教徒的領袖，或者前言的兩位作者，是否會親筆簽名。
雖然羅馬天主教會通常不會與社交網站有關聯，但是下星期的比賽並不是教會或教徒個人，首次以這種新銳傳播媒介舉辦活動。
美國天主教主教會議舉辦會員大會時，會現場以社交平台推特發布訊息。一位澳洲修女也替尚未獲封聖徒的瑪莉‧麥基隆在推特上發布訊息。教宗本篤已打算將她封聖，她也將因此成為來自澳洲的第一位聖人。
臉書上甚至也有個叫做Pope2You的教宗應用程式，可以讓使用者收到教宗的訊息。
教宗自己也鼓勵神父們上網以推特、部落格，以及在臉書發布訊息。
這位八旬老教宗五月份，趁著世界傳播日之便表示，「神職人員當以最新一代的視聽資源（圖片、錄影、動畫、部落格，與網頁等）傳播福音。」
（法新社／翻譯：吳岱璟）
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