02 Mar 08 Does Pope use e-mail?
Email Pope Benedict XVI
The email address of Pope Benedict XVI is benedictxvi@vatican.va.It is unlikely you will receive a personal response if you send an email to the pope, but the Holy See does read, collect and route all mail. The Pope possibly has another private email address inside the Vatican.
Pope John Paul II, the First Pope of the Internet Age
When Karol Józef Wojtyla became Pope John Paul II in 1978, email was still in its infancy. The first email had been written seven years ago, but barely a handful of people knew computer networks existed at all.
Yet, John Paul II became the first email-savvy pontiff in history.
In late 2001, the pope reportedly apologized for injustices committed by the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania via email. Of course, the Holy Father would have preferred to visit the Pacific nations and deliver his words of penitence in person, but email was the second-best choice.
What was John Paul II’s Email Address?
Pope John Paul II’s email address was john_paul_ii@vatican.va.
02 Mar 08 8 Tips how to get someone’s e-mail
1. Find Email Addresses in Previous Email Correspondence
If you have emailed them before, you probably have their address. Go find it now.
2. Find People in Email Address Directories or White Pages
From public records to MySpace.com to email address directories and change of address services: find people and their email addresses using dedicated search engines.
3. Find Somebody’s Email Address by Searching the Web
Search somebody’s email address like you search for anything else on the Web (and successfully).
4. Search for Email Addresses in Usenet Newsgroups
Find the person whose email address you are looking for in discussion groups.
5. Find an Email Address by Making it Find You
If the person you are looking for is searching for herself, she will find you, and her email address will find its way to you.
6. Find Email Addresses on Business Cards
Go through your collection of business cards to find email addresses of more people than you probably know.
7. Ask Somebody for Their Email Address
Yes, that’s obvious, but asking is still the easiest way to find an email address.
8. Find Somebody’s Email Address Using soc.net-people
If all other means to find somebody’s email address fail, you can turn to the Usenet newsgroup soc.net-people.
