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Facebook, Google officials give Vatican lessons about the Web

 
VATICAN CITY — Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age. (link)

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