May 9, 2008 at 5:46 am · Authored by Julia · Filed under SMS

The Pope will be on his way to Australia later this year for World Youth Day, and he’s already got plans to text followers when he lands. According to Aussie mobile operator Telstra, the Pope is planning to send daily “inspirational text messages” to his followers.

His Holiness is evidently a bit of a fan of high tech, and will also be using a World Youth Day social networking site, digital prayer walls, and Regional Catechesis webcast over Telstra’s 3G network. Telstra also said it will be setting up special precincts - “on the ground interactive centre’s including wireless internet, green screen studios, commemorative WYD08 photo messaging and music downloads”. Nice to see the Pope is a bit fan of data services…