New citizen media site for Catholics
A new site intends to harness the citizen-journalism powers of Catholic lay people, who have
seen their church rocked to its core by sex abuse scandals.
NEW CATHOLIC WEB SITE EMPOWERS "PEWSITTERS" TO REPORT THE NEWS!Danboro, PA - Pewsitter.com, a unique recently
launched Catholic web site combines the concept of a news aggregator
site, like DrudgeReport.com with that of a user-driven content site,
like Yahoo's You Witness News web site, to give the lay Catholic
faithful a powerful, new voice within the Church.Pewsitter represents a new paradigm within the Church. It provides a
mouthpiece for faithful Catholics to report news of positive
developments as well as abuses within their local parishes and
communities. Once submitted and verified, Pewsitter will promulgate
this information to the universal Church, with the objective of
bringing about positive change within the Church and the culture at
large."The concept behind the site is to enlist an army of "pewsitters" to
be the eyes and ears for this new site", stated Pewsitter's founder,
James Todd. "For far too long, faithful Catholics have witnessed abuse
after abuse within the Church and have been powerless to do anything
about it. No more! By submitting newsworthy items to Pewsitter, the
laity can help shape and influence the Church and be a powerful force
for positive change."Pewsitter's initial focus will be national and international news on
its home page. The mid term objective is it to feature the Catholic
news of the day within each of the 189 Catholic dioceses throughout
the U.S. Interested volunteers should contact Pewsitter about
assisting with this endeavor.
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