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Rome, Italy, Aug 10, 2012 \/ 04:05 pm (CNA<\/a>).- In a recent blog post, Father Antonio Spadaro, known as the Vatican\u2019s \u201ccyber theologian,\u201d said that devices such as iPads, smart phones and tablets should not be used instead of missalettes at Mass.<\/p>\n

\tIt is \u201cunimaginable that an iPad or a laptop would be carried in procession, or that a monitor would be incensed and kissed during the liturgy,\u201d Fr. Spadaro said.<\/p>\n

\tThe liturgy, he explained, is \u201cthe bastion of resistance\u201d against the separation of the written word from the ink on the page. \u201cThe page remains the 'body' of a text,\u201d he underscored.<\/p>\n

\tA member of the Pontifical Council for Communications, Fr. Spadaro wrote in his blog about the decision of the Bishops\u2019 Conference of New Zealand to deny the request by several priests for permission to allow mobile devices to be used at Mass.<\/p>\n

\tHe noted that while apps such as iBreviary are making it easier to pray the Liturgy of the Hours or follow the liturgical readings of the day, \u201cThe pages of the Gospel remain an integral part of the ritual action of the Christian community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe noted that the Council of Trent embraced the technological advances of the day, including the printing press, \u201cand allowed for the creation of useful editions for the creation of a truly global liturgy, that is, uniform in all dioceses and parishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tA study carried out by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and the University of Lugano in 2010, with the support of the Congregation for the Clergy, showed that 17.5 percent of the world\u2019s priests used the internet at least once per day to pray the liturgy of the hours, while up to 36 percent did so at least once a week.<\/p>\n

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