Tag: internet
The 10 Commandments online: Are we sinning in cyberspace?
Aleteia: How well do we resist the internet’s soul-crippling dark joy of strange gods, murderous spite, sexual temptations and mindless shopping? Every now and then, someone cranks up the gas on the internet, social media catches fire, and we end up surrounded by so much ash and soot, you can barely breathe. There are times… Read More ›
Are Trolls Turning The Internet Into A Festival Of Hate?
Have you noticed that people say some of the most hateful things imaginable on the Internet? Earlier today, I came across a Time Magazine article entitled “How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet“, and it made me reflect on my own experience as the publisher of a number of prominent websites. Over the years, I have… Read More ›
The truth is precious
The best way to disarm disinformation agents is to know their methods inside and out. This gives us the ability to point out exactly what they are doing in detail the moment they try to do it. Immediately exposing a disinformation tactic as it is being used is highly destructive to the person utilizing it…. Read More ›
The Scriptures on your Windows based smartphone
Fr. Paolo Padrini makes the “breviary” into a multimedia application This news is only a few days old. The ‘iBreviary – Pro Terra Sancta’, the most popular app (short for application) in the Catholic world has “landed” on Windows Phone 7 smartphone and is therefore now available on mobiles with Microsoft operating systems. These can… Read More ›
Making Good Use of the Internet
12. To all persons of good will. Finally, then, we would suggest some virtues that need to be cultivated by everyone who wants to make good use of the Internet; their exercise should be based upon and guided by a realistic appraisal of its contents. Prudence is necessary in order clearly to see the implications—the… Read More ›
Bring “truth, proclamation and authenticity of life” to the web
Vatican City, Jan 24, 2011 / 12:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Facebook, MySpace and Twitter should be used by Christians looking to bring “truth, proclamation and authenticity of life” to the web today, the Pope said in his message for the 45th World Day of Social Communications. In his message released on Jan. 24, the Pope… Read More ›
Pope to Catholics online: It’s not just about hits
(AP) – January 24, 2011 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI told Catholic bloggers and Facebook and YouTube users Monday to be respectful of others when spreading the Gospel online and not to see their ultimate goal as getting as many online hits as possible. Echoing concerns in the U.S. about the need to… Read More ›
The word of God and the means of social communication
Linked to the relationship between the word of God and culture is the need for a careful and intelligent use of the communications media, both old and new. The Synod Fathers called for a proper knowledge of these media; they noted their rapid development and different levels of interaction, and asked for greater efforts to… Read More ›
Smartphone applications integrate prayer life with daily technology
By Gretchen R. Crowe, Catholic News Service. ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — Praying is now so 21st century. Instead of a paperback missalette, there’s iMissal. Instead of prayer cards, there’s a touch-screen Saint A Day. Instead of randomly jotting down prayer requests, there’s a digitally organized list in PrayerSteward. These three applications — better known as… Read More ›
New study on effects of pornography reveals ‘a quiet family killer,’ researcher says
Washington D.C., Dec 4, 2009 / 02:57 am (CNA).- A new study on the effects of pornography indicates that it erodes the family, corrupts men’s sense of normal sexuality and is frequently a major factor in most divorces. The author of the study characterized pornography as “a quiet family killer.” The study, titled “The Effects… Read More ›