(Dec.16,2009): The Vatican Web page Pope2you.net has made it possible this Christmas
to send Pope Benedict XVI a personalized Christmas card through e-mail or the social
networking site Facebook. Father Paolo Padrini, the project's coordinator, told ZENIT
of the site's newest features for Christmas. He said upon visiting the site, launched
by the Vatican Council for Social Communications in May, click on "Send the Pope
your Christmas Greetings." Simply follow the instructions and a personalized, virtual
card will be sent to the Holy Father. Even a picture can be included. Pope2you.net
is also offering a Facebook application that one can use to send Christmas cards to
friends, that feature an official picture of the Pope as taken by Vatican’s newspaper
L'Osservatore Romano, accompanied by the Pontiff's "words of hope and peace." The
cards can be sent in English, Italian, Spanish, German and French, and there are four
options to choose from. Pope2you.net is an official site of the Vatican, and it aims
to bring the words and message of Pope Benedict to the youth. In only eight months,
the site has received 7 million visits.