In 2021, are we going to continue believing the worst of every one we encounter online? Blogger Amanda Knapp (“Indisposable Mama”) writes that Catholics can lead a different way.
Social Media
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The streaming era ruined our free time. Is it too late to reclaim it?
The pandemic has us spending more hours than ever in front of video screens, but Conor Kelly writes that TV steals time we could use to better understand ourselves, our loved ones and God.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Are the viral ‘pope memes’ sacrilegious?
Twitter users swapped “pope memes” last week using digitally altered images of Pope Francis celebrating the Eucharist. Was it harmless fun or sacrilege?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Screen time is officially part of Catholic Social Teaching. What does it mean for us and our iPhones?
The church needs to pay more attention to the moral impact of screens on our identity, agency and relationships.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I didn’t watch the Amy Coney Barrett hearings—and I’m a better Christian for it.
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Bishop Barron: Catholic Twitter could learn a lot from St. Thomas Aquinas
Bishop Robert Barron raises concerns about the way that Catholics conduct themselves on social media and gives some suggestions for how they might better embody Christ online.
Posted inCulture, Faith
Remembering Regis Philbin: TV stalwart and Catholic school grad
An alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where his funeral service will be held, Philbin lived a life informed by his Catholic faith.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Holy Communion: Not banned in Toronto
Church officials had been in regular conversation with Toronto and Ontario officials and received enthusiastic approval of the plan the diocese put in motion to reopen churches and restore Communion at Mass.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Bishop Robert Barron on Internet ministry, Black Lives Matter and the art of dialogue
Jesuitical interviews Bishop Robert Barron.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Is the Gospel propaganda?
Strictly speaking, anyone spreading ideas, good or bad, engages in propaganda. Preaching is propaganda. St. Paul wrote propaganda.