Duc in Altum!



"For the Church the new world of cyberspace is a summons to the great adventure of using its potential to proclaim the gospel message. This challenge is at the heart of what it means to at the beginning of the millennium to follow the Lord's command to put out into the deep: Duc in altum! (Luke 5:4)"

~ Pope John Paul II, 36th World Communications Day, Sunday, May 12, 2002
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