Email-wielding Church officials? Could it actually happen? Are we that lucky?

Perhaps responding to the recent media feeding frenzy on Cardinal Martini and Barragan's comments and the "lag time" of a few days before Cardinal Barragan or anyone in a position of authority issued some clarifying thoughts, this statement gets made:

From Zenit:

"According to the director of communications of the conference of U.S. bishops, dioceses need to be better prepared with "timely responses, especially in potentially controversial matters." Monsignor Francis Maniscalco, speaking at the 5th Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices, added that it is obvious that "the more timely the response in a critical situation the better." [Read more]

So, does this mean we can expect "blog.usccb.org" to be launched soon? :-) Well, maybe not.

However, this very interesting proposal is mentioned:

"[i]nstead of resting from the media for a blessed respite after the crisis, Church communicators should see to it that every media outlet in their vicinity receives an e-mail alerting them about a story-idea, containing a correction that needs to be made of an error about the Church published or aired, or offering a word of appreciation for good coverage."

I can't even begin to imagine a world where that is done... it seems too much to ask for. Or is it?

This idea reminds me of a sequence of events Dom noticed suggesting that Cardinal Levada used email earlier this year to save the Church from an embarassing situation during the Boston Catholic charities controversy.

Couldn't a few more judicious (and timely) emails here and there plug a few holes in the dike? Is that just not the way these things work?