The Pope and new media

He may be 81 -- and almost certainly the message was crafted by others although approved by Pope Benedict -- but the Pope gets new media and its importance. I especially like this comment: "This desire for communication and friendship is rooted in our very nature as human beings and cannot be adequately understood as a response to technical innovations." We talk and think a lot about the hows and outcomes of the media revolution, but not so much the whys. It is more than just technical, and the Pope's message gets it. The message was written in anticipation of the Catholic Church's World Communications Day, which is May 24.