The Vatican is launching a Chinese version of its web site in an effort to
bring more of Pope Benedict’s message to China. The Pope’s speeches
and other content will be available in both traditional and simplified
Chinese characters. The Vatican statement said it hoped the site would
be used by “internet users from throughout the world”, but some
Church sources and diplomats said they feared the site could be blocked
by Chinese authorities, as has been the fate of other web sites.
The Holy Father particularly
mentions the plight of Africa,
noting that he has just returned
from an apostolic journey there,
during which “I had the
opportunity to see at first hand
the reality of severe poverty and
marginalization, which the crisis
risks aggravating dramatically.”
A little girl name Letizia asked
Pope, “Dear Pope Benedict XVI,
did you ever think of becoming
the Pope?”"To tell you the
truth,” Pope Benedict responded,
"I never thought of becoming the
Pope, because as I have already explained, I used to be a fairly naive young boy in a small country town
very far from centers in a forgotten province.”
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