Sweet Tweets Roundup for 8/2/13 — From Rio to Rome

Were you busy this week? Has August snuck up on you? Did you miss any of the closing events from World Youth Day? Thanks to John Clem, the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/), we’ve got a full recap of all of this week’s most important action both online and around the world. Enjoy!

• Papal Tweet:  “There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.” (Pope Francis) #Rio2013#JMJ
• Video: Entire Way of the Cross with Pope Francis at WYD (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/nnlOK 
• Video: Music in Liturgy – Office of Black Catholics (Archdiocese of Washington) http://youtu.be/HhC0hBzx8Tk 
• Nice Graphic: Greetings from Popacabana (The Jesuit Post) http://ow.ly/i/2ITgz 
• Video: The Pope at WYD Rio. Entire Prayer Vigil with young people. (Vatican Radio) http://youtu.be/f-aU8PgmaL8 
• News: Pope Speaks out on Amazon During Brazil Trip – ABC News http://ow.ly/noirX 
• Video: Vlog from Fr. Roderick: Will Pope Francis beat Rod Stewart? (SQPN) http://youtu.be/82XTFYDZV-U 
• Video: The Pope in Rio: Entire Mass and Angelus for WYD 2013 http://youtu.be/q-iZAten9MI 
• Polish Cardinal rejoices over decision to hold WYD 2016 in Krakow (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/nosb4 
• Official Flickr site for WYD: JMJ Rio 2013’s Photostream http://ow.ly/noslN 
• Photos: World Youth Day Rio 2013 Final Mass on Copacabana Beach http://ow.ly/noA34 http://ow.ly/i/2JaDU 
• Podcast: ‘The Break’: World Youth Day 2013 Special from Copacabana Beach – http://SQPN.com  (Fr. Roderick) http://ow.ly/noAVI 
• Wheelchair-bound man moves three million hearts in Copacabana :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/noOl4 
• I Love This Guy: Pope Francis and the Future of The Catholic Church | Rev. James Martin, S.J. (Huff Post) http://ow.ly/np0Em 
• Pope on homosexuals: ‘Who am I to judge?’ | National Catholic Reporter (John Allen) http://ow.ly/npIYa 
• Video: Pope Francis’ press conference on airplane returning to Rome. (Rome Reports) http://youtu.be/ZDCPEjnKuco 
• “Women in the church are more important than bishops and priests” | CNS Blog http://ow.ly/nsmwb 
• Video: Bishops Rockin’ at Flashmob at WYD in Rio. http://youtu.be/s62YTAZgqLA 
• Great Video: Missionary pope: Francis in Brazil | CNS Blog http://ow.ly/nsomv 
• Troubling Remarks From Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu Require Clarification « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/npJQc 
• Photos: Tour the historic Painted Churches of Texas (USA Today) http://ow.ly/npLfu 
• News: Nun on mission to stop human trafficking (USA Today) http://ow.ly/noie5 
• Great resource: St. Ignatius Loyola – http://IgnatianSpirituality.com  (Loyola Press) http://ow.ly/nuVRt 
• News: @romereports: Vatican Bank launches its first official website http://bit.ly/1bKtD0G 
• NEW App: We Parent More App for iOS and Android. (CNS-video) http://youtu.be/iH4mDQJ_5ho http://www.weparentmore.org/ 
• Video: Fr. Barron comments on Pope Francis and World Youth Day (Word On Fire) http://youtu.be/Izl3rrvC8Xo 
• Giving: Heroes of the Sun: Hope and Music in Haiti’s Cité Soleil | Global Citizenship on GOOD http://ow.ly/nvXD1 
• “Your Holiness, I want to be a priest of Christ!” – VIDEO UPDATE (Elizabeth Scalia) http://ow.ly/nw57Z 
• Video: Rio’s WYD in Numbers (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/ny1Xo 
• Tech Tip: Google Apps in the Church | Tech talk – http://CatholicMom.com http://ow.ly/nwbBU 
• Catholic Cuisine: Recipes for August ~ Month Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary http://ow.ly/nwfuq 
• Book Review: Geekpriest shows reach of new media for church | Catholic Telegraph http://ow.ly/nwT3r 
• Tech Tip: Top 7 WordPress Plugins For Christian Bloggers | Why We Web http://ow.ly/nxcRv 
• Controlling our Technological Selves – Blog Post – (Fr. Jason Roll) Faith and Safety http://ow.ly/nxyTq 
• John Wayne: Cowboy, Legend, Convert to Catholicism | The Catholic Gentleman http://ow.ly/nxOFs 
• Video: Vlog from Fr. Roderick reporting on the vigil during WYD in Rio http://youtu.be/9h8TCGENmVs 
• Beautiful Video: Up, up and away! Hundreds of hot air balloons break world record in mass take-off – Telegraph http://ow.ly/nyopS 
• Idea helping homeless: Utah man builds micro shelters for the homeless | http://ksl.com http://ow.ly/nyoDw 
• Beautiful photos & video of Hill of Crosses in Lithuania | Mail Online http://ow.ly/nyv1Y 
• Video: Catholic Church Architecture Part 1 of 10: Architectural Theology http://youtu.be/2PDWXMMgy9c 

John Clem is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is currently in formation to join the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church.  John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness  (http://www.calltoholiness.us/). Follow John on Twitter at @Catholicwebs, on Facebook and at Google+.