At a conference on digital media at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI
attacked the idea of transparency in the Internet age, warning that
digital transparency exacerbates tensions between nations and within
nations themselves and increases the 'dangers of ...intellectual and
moral relativism,' which can lead to multiple forms of degradation and
humiliation' of the essence of a person, and to the 'pollution of the
spirit.' All in all, it seemed a pretty grim view of the wide-open
communication environment being demanded by the Internet age."