Should the Pope being saying anything about videogames? I think not, because frankly he probably hasn't ever touched one, so how would he know what they are all about? Besides, videogames aren't marketed "strictly" to children anymore, like they once were years ago. And calling upon parents to monitor their kids and their habits...well, duh, kind of already thought that was a parental responsibility.

From the article:

Criticism of violence and adult content in video games came from an unexpected direction yesterday - the Vatican.

In a message issued for the Catholic Church’s World Day of Communications, Pope Benedict XVI said:

Any trend to produce programmes and products - including animated films and video games - which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray anti-social behaviour or the trivialization of human sexuality is a perversion, all the more repulsive when these programmes are directed at children and adolescents…

I appeal to the leaders of the media industry to educate and encourage producers to safeguard the common good, to uphold the truth, to protect individual human dignity and promote respect for the needs of the family.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com