VATICAN CITY, APRIL 21, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Newlyelected Pope Benedict XVI already has an e-mail address. The address which was just announced by the Holy See's internet office is benedictxvi@vatican.va. The address in Italian is benedettoxvi@vatican.va. Benedict XVI is following in the footsteps of his predecessor John Paul II, who, thanks to a portable computer, on Nov. 22, 2001, promulgated online the postsynodal apostolic exhortation "Ecclesia inOceania."John Paul II also used e-mail to receive messages fromthe faithful worldwide. ------------ Make your prayers heard, make our new pope a channel to the One above!