The Vatican has invested in an electronic mail system to enable the Pope to minister more effectively to his parishioners – or at least be able to tap into recorded greetings that are shortly to be sent around the world: the Holy See has employed Italcable Spa, Italy’s long distance carrier, to install the system which will use a Voicemail International Inc system located at a central office – Italcable now holds a 35% stake in Voicemail International; revenues generated by the service will be shared between the Vatican and Italcable but callers will not be charged more than the price of the call itself.