Pope Benedict XVI is reported to have told an Italian conference that Christians should become technology savvy and launch a measure of soul in the internet world.

The pope urged his followers to get online and facilitate a spiritual essence to the online communications. In addition, he praised media workers for their initial efforts.

"I exhort you to walk the roads of the digital continent animated by the courage of the Holy Spirit", he posted, according to Catholic. net.

He cited that the Internet further widens the tensions between nations and within nations themselves. And it makes the dangers more potential... intellectual and moral relativism, which can result in multiple kinds of degradation and humiliation of the essence of a person, in addition, to the degradation of the spirit.

In addition, Pope Benedict announced warning signals related to the digital divide segregating rich countries from poor, and posted that further more needs to be initiated to bring those without a voice online.

The Pope has initiated with a lot effort aimed to embrace the digital age, spreading his message to the young people to get online and offering text messages of his thoughts to the faithful.