Now you can get emails from cardinals, too

Or at least the faithful of Boston can, from their Archbishop:

News from the Archdiocese of Boston and Cardinal Sean O'Malley can now be obtained just by opening your e-mail inbox.

The 63-year-old cardinal announced Saturday that the archdiocese is reaching out to the faithful through e-mail.

The "Weekly E-mail From Cardinal Sean & the Pilot" will include messages from the cardinal, notes from his blog, press releases from the archdiocese, and links to current stories from the archdiocesan paper.

"This weekly e-mail initiative will increase communication and connection among Catholics across the archdiocese," Cardinal O'Malley said. "As we celebrate our bicentennial year, we have been reminded how Catholics have innovated to ensure that the saving message of Jesus Christ reaches as many people as possible.

"We want to continue that spirit of innovation and evangelization by utilizing the many new communication tools made possible by the recent advances in technology. I encourage every Catholic of the archdiocese with an e-mail account to sign up."

Those wishing to receive the mail can do so at the archdiocese's bicentennial Web site, http://www.boston200.org/. (Zenit)

Okay, I don't get emails from cardinals ... yet.