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 1   1,  1     |        Church's interest in the Internet is a particular expression
 2   1,  1     |         the view we take of the Internet.~
 3   1,  2     |         in a special way to the Internet, which is helping bring
 4   1,  2     |   companion document, Ethics in Internet, we discuss these matters
 5   1,  2     |            Here we consider the Internet's implications for religion
 6   1,  2(10) |       Communications, Ethics in Internet.~
 7   1,  4     |         All this applies to the Internet. And even though the world
 8   1,  4     |      positive capacities of the Internet to carry religious information
 9   2,  5     |         needs to understand the Internet. This is necessary in order
10   2,  5     |         or less peculiar to the Internet. It offers people direct
11   2,  5     |        data in this medium.~The Internet is relevant to many activities
12   2,  5     |       make effective use of the Internet for these and other purposes.
13   2,  5     |       to expand and develop its Internet presence. Church-related
14   2,  5     |       and information about the Internet among those with experience
15   2,  6     |       to understand and use the Internet as a tool of internal communications.
16   2,  6     |    two-way interactivity of the Internet is blurring the old distinction
17   2,  6     |      this characteristic of the Internet in other areas of their
18   2,  6     |     within the Church'”. 31 The Internet provides an effective technological
19   2,  7     |      and training regarding the Internet ought to be part of comprehensive
20   2,  7     |              Teaching about the Internet and the new technology thus
21   2,  8     |                          8. The Internet also presents some special
22   2,  8     |   nature discussed in Ethics in Internet, the document accompanying
23   2,  8     |      what is positive about the Internet, it is important to be clear
24   2,  8(36) |                   Cf. Ethics in Internet.~
25   2,  8     |       problems presented by the Internet is the presence of hate
26   2,  8     |      and violence in the media, Internet hate sites are “reflections
27   2,  8     |       creatively present on the Internet; and well-motivated, well-informed
28   2,  9     |       specific reference to the Internet. Along with study and research,
29   2,  9     |     planning for the use of the Internet can and should go forward. 40~
30   2,  9     |       services available on the Internet may have a spillover effect
31   2,  9     |   problem is exacerbated by the Internet.~Similarly, as noted above,
32   2,  9     |        are no sacraments on the Internet; and even the religious
33   2,  9     |        is another aspect of the Internet that calls for study and
34   2,  9     |    teaching and catechesis, the Internet might subsequently be used
35   3,  10    | concerned members of the larger Internet audience who also have legitimate
36   3,  10    |    levels of the Church use the Internet creatively to meet their
37   3,  10    |   positive possibilities of the Internet. “Methods of facilitating
38   3,  11    |             This applies to the Internet as well as to the older
39   3,  11    |         A special aspect of the Internet, as we have seen, concerns
40   3,  11    |         censorship but to offer Internet users a reliable guide to
41   3,  11    | includes training regarding the Internet, including how to use it
42   3,  11    |        times. In the age of the Internet, with its enormous outreach
43   3,  11    |         home”. 49 As far as the Internet is concerned, children and
44   3,  11    |         learning more about the Internet than they have up to now,
45   3,  11    |    Unsupervised exposure to the Internet should not be allowed. Parents
46   3,  11    |     discriminating, responsible Internet users and not addicts of
47   3,  11    |    users and not addicts of the Internet, neglecting contact with
48   3,  11    |  children and young people. The Internet is a door opening on a glamorous
49   3,  11    |    ultimately to God—to use the Internet well.~The Internet places
50   3,  11    |      use the Internet well.~The Internet places in the grasp of young
51   3,  11    |         Church. Good use of the Internet can help prepare them for
52   3,  11    |       happen automatically. The Internet is not merely a medium of
53   3,  12    |         to make good use of the Internet; their exercise should be
54   3,  12(52)|                   Cf. Ethics in Internet, nn. 10, 17.~
55   3,  12    |   technological instrument, the Internet, so as to use it wisely
56   3,  12    |         good.~Reflecting on the Internet, as upon all the other media