Vatican in the Digital Age
Wikipedia reports, “that The Catholic Church is one of the oldest continuous religious institutions in the world and has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilization.” I think we sometimes forget how old it is, and how now many ancient traditions and practices it follows. Over the centuries this has often been a good thing, as it has given the church a natural immunity to fads, and short lived cultural practices.Time and again you hear people new to working at or with the Vatican talk about how they had to learn this to be effective in their various jobs.
Unfortunately the Digital Age of instant communication makes many of the internal meeting and communication habits of day to day Vatican life rather obsolete, if not down right dangerous in this modern world. It is not just the Vatican that is enduring pressure to change, but much younger institutions and governments all over the world.


