Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, disclosed the news Saturday at a congress organized by the Italian bishops´ conference on Internet.
John Paul II applauded the council´s initiative, stating that such a document «would, indeed, be very timely, given the rapid spread of cyber-communications and the many moral questions involved.»
The document follows the publications «Ethics in Social Communications» (2000) and «Ethics in Advertising» (1997).
«The Church cannot be a mere spectator of the social results of technological advances, which have such decisive effects on people´s lives,» the Pope said previously. «Ethics in Internet,» as the latest document is entitled, «can be of great help to the Church´s pastors and faithful in facing the many challenges of the emerging media culture,» he said.
