Bloggers hold "Pub Meeting" after Vatican Blogging event

The first ever meeting for Catholic bloggers was held on Monday in the Vatican. The first ever after-party for a Vatican blogger meeting was held Tuesday afternoon at an Irish Pub in Rome. Which is typical of bloggers. The second event was organized by Hilary White, whose blog is called “Orwell’s Picnic”.

White attended the Vatican meeting, which was jointly organized by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Social Communications and was attended by 150 bloggers from around the world. White organized the party at the pub so bloggers not at the Vatican meeting could find out what happened, and meet one another.

“I was reading about this Vatican thing, and it suddenly popped into my mind, I thought they are all going to be coming into this thing, lets get together at the pub, and then we can gossip, which is what we like to do,” she said. As for the “official” meeting on Monday, White said the atmosphere was unexpected.

“It was actually fun. I was not expecting the Vatican to be able to provide fun. Information, useful information, all of those staid and grown-up things, but fun I was not expecting,” she told Vatican Radio. “When you meet someone who is keen on what you do, you can really tell. It made for a very friendly environment.”

Listen to the full interview by Charles Collins with Hilary White: