“A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music. To honor the pope’s first visit to the radio’s broadcasting headquarters, the radio’s technical staff decided the pencil-thin, state-of-the-art audio player would make the perfect gift,” Carol Glatz reports for Catholic News Service. “Now that Vatican Radio offers podcasts in eight different languages, the pope has the technological capability to plug in and import the radio’s audio files.
“Pope Benedict visited the programming and broadcasting hub of ‘the pope’s radio’ March 3 to mark the station’s 75th anniversary. Though the white iPod nano is tiny, it still made an impression on the pope. When the head of the radio’s technical and computer support department, Mauro Milita, identified himself and handed the pope the boxed iPod, the pope was said to have replied, ‘Computer technology is the future.’ The pope’s new 2-gigabyte digital audio player already was loaded with a sampling of the radio’s programming in English, Italian and German and musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frederic Chopin, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky and Igor Stravinsky. The stainless steel back was engraved with the words “To His Holiness, Benedict XVI” in Italian,” Glatz reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sailfish” for the heads up.]
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Praise the Lord
I wonder if he can listen to the divine word on that thing. Godcast, anyone?
2GB Nano? Gee… you’d think with all the wealth of the Vatican they’d at least spring for the 4GB model…
-Denny Crane
I’m sorry, but that is just hilarious. Maybe Benedict XVI, but I certainly never could have imagined John Paul having an iPod.
More free publicity though.
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Oh dear. Classical music and religious podcasts? Yeah right.
We all know you’re secretly listening to My Humps there, O Holy One.
Holy Sheeeet!
Was it white or black?
Does the Pope poop in the woods?
should have bought him a 4 gig. he’s going to run out of space
God: “Hey Pope, Jesus is going to come next week, make a announcement”
Pope: “Lalala yea ya, I like it, yea ya baby oohoh”
God: “Better call Tel Avid and let them know their messiah is coming”
Pope: “You so cool, lalala, yea ya yea”
God: “Good, carry on”
Pope: “Hello? Someone say something?”
Pope: “Oh well, lalala yea yea ya, baby oohhh…”
The pope should repent for he allows himself to be called the “holy father” which is a name reserved for God the Father. The pope is considered infallible, which is diametrically opposed to the ministry of Christ which says that all men are sinful.
The pope is supposed to surrender to no other principality, which is why the Vatican is its own country, effectively making the pope the king of the world.
Fear the pope, for he places himself above all men. Scripture places no man in such a position. All believers in Christ are all joint-heirs with Christ, all believers are saints, all believers are priests. The catholic system denies this.
Here comes the anti-religious bashing more suited for communist media.
Can you see this as a holy relic in 100 years.
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Dude, this is Mac Daily News not faith.com. I’m not Catholic and do not hold to their doctrines, but that’s for another place and time. Certainly not here.
Peace
You know they got him a white iPod to match his papal garb.
Music the Pope won’t have on his iPod;
Culture Club
Bronski Beat
Will Young
Melissa Etheridge
Tori Amos
George Michael
He may have a few rousing speeches by Adolf Hitler though.
Dave H:
“He may have a few rousing speeches by Adolf Hitler though.”
what a jerk you are.
matt
When a man tells me I have an “intrinsic moral evil” I’ll spare the niceties in return. No disrespect meant for the office of the Papacy, only for Joseph Ratzinger himself.
And I may be a jerk, but the Pope’s a single-issue obsessed shitbag.
Ideal for storing kiddie porn and sharing with other Catholic priests.
Illuminati and Escaport,
great posts; two good laughs within a minute of each other.
I’m pleased that the Pope believes, like me, that “technology is the future” and not religion.
Holy iPod Batman!
Wow… A lot of anti-Catholic HATE here. How about we keep all our nasty Hate to ourselves. If you want to vent your views there are “groups” you can join.
I come here for mac news. Lets talk about Macs…
New from the Vatican…..the XIV generation iPope with divine scroll wheel.
Glad the pope is jumpin’ in to the digital music world. While I’m not Christian, I do respect him, as I do all religious leaders who don’t promote violence against innocents.
Others on this thread who dis’ him are just losers.
This brings a whole new level to the question white or black (smoke, that is)…..
Honestly, if you’re going to try and knock the Pope, at least try and get your facts right? The Catholic Church has never taught any of the things you have said about it, and thus your refutations are invalid, and indeed pure nonsense.
But that’s not the point of this post.
This article is here as a comment on a gift of an iPod given to a prominent public figure. MDN isn’t trying to promote the Pope, the Church, or in fact any position other than the fact that this famous guy got an Apple product.
Now STFU and GTFO my internets.