Tag: social media
The reason for bad news
Our over-sensitive awareness of ourselves as responsible for “making history” is a grotesque illusion, and it leads us into the morass of pseudo-events. Those who are obsessed with “making history” are responsible for the banality of the bad news which comes more and more to constitute our “history.” The Church that takes all this too… Read More ›
Amplification of news and of opinion
Today, with the enormous amplification of news and of opinion, we are suffering from more than acceptable distortions of perspective. Our supposed historical consciousness, over-informed and over stimulated, is threatened with death by bloating, and we are over come with a political elephantiasis which sometimes seems to make all actual forward motion useless if not… Read More ›
Facebook bias crippling Catholic ads, critic says
Denver, Colo., Jan 3, 2018 / 03:22 pm (CNA).- A Facebook-based Catholic fundraising campaign suffered “critical” delays in the key donation period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and Facebook’s new scrutiny of ads aimed at religious audiences is to blame, one social media expert has charged. Matthew Meeks served as an advisor to a fundraising… Read More ›
Social Cross, a Facebook alternative, seeks to provide Christians with space for free speech
The founder got fed up with censorship on the world’s leading social media site. Aletetia: There are lots of alternatives to Facebook, many of them for specialized communities, such as military personnel, Lego Fans, or beer connoisseurs. And there have been many Christian alternatives as well, such as Christians Like Me and Awestruck. Now there’s a new one, which was founded… Read More ›
The 10 technological diseases affecting us today
Has technology hijacked our quality of life? When we talk about the increasing number of people who are addicted to technology, we immediately picture smartphone zombies who can barely hold a conversation because they’re constantly busy scanning their phone’s push notifications, or that time your most selfie-centered friend nearly got hit by a car while… Read More ›
Sinful Anger in Social Media and the Loss of Civility
Social media in-and-of-itself is a good. Social media has given me the opportunity to become a writer and to grow in knowledge and skill in that area. I have been able to interact with people across the world who have written to me in response to articles that I have been blessed to publish. We… Read More ›
Each of us is willed into existence with a divinely given purpose
Those who have read C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will remember well the book’s closing sequence — a battle between the White Witch and Aslan, who, accompanied by scores of animals from all throughout Narnia, eventually defeated her and brought peace to Narnia. Organizing his troops for battle, Aslan says: And now! Those who can’t… Read More ›
Is ‘Charlie Charlie’ a harmless game? Exorcist says absolutely not
Lima, Peru, May 27, 2015 / 04:14 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A game that purports to invoke a Mexican demon – known as “Charlie, Charlie” and considered to be a simplified version of the Ouija board – has gone viral on social media among young people, prompting one exorcist to warn of its dangers. The game,… Read More ›
A Letter from the Abbot
Dear Oblates, Although you have probably known of it for some time, I am happy to bring to your attention the new abbey website: belmontabbey.org. If you have not visited it already, I invite you to do so. As you will see, we now have information on our oblate program as well as a link to… Read More ›
Church can learn social media tips from Jesus
Houston, Texas, Aug 18, 2014 / 05:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- If Christianity could be contained in one tweet, it might read: God creates man, man sins against God, God sends his only Son into the world to bring man back to Him.It’s a difficult task to fit the entire Gospel into 140 characters or less…. Read More ›