Beatification Pages for John Paul II on Facebook and YouTube
From the press office of the Holy See a notice was just made about some great resources made public in advance of the beatification of John Paul II.
“In view of the beatification of John Paul II on 1 May 2011, Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) have organised a number of initiatives and made a wide range of documentary material available.
“A new page dedicated to John Paul II for his beatification has been activated on Youtube. The page is available at the following address: http://www.youtube.com/giovannipaoloii and includes video clips on the pontificate year by year, as well as video clips with the Pope’s voice in various languages and situations (on trips and in the Vatican).
“These are audio recordings supplied and selected by the language programmes of Vatican Radio, which have then been mounted onto video by CTV. The audio of the Pope will be in the original language in which it was pronounced, with English-language subtitles indicating the place (country), day, month and year of the event.
“The dedicated Youtube page – as well as the normal channel which has existed for some time in four languages www.youtube.com/vatican – will be supplied with video clips of current events and information concerning the days of the beatification.
“A new page has also been activated on Facebook concerning John Paul II in view of his beatification. It may be consulted at this address: www.facebook.com/vatican.johnpaul2. All the video clips uploaded to the Youtube channel will be available at the same time on this page.
Here’s the video for the year 2001 which was when I and my family got to personally meet the Holy Father in Rome.