This week’s guest is John W. Miller. We discuss his article “The opioid crisis demands a new solution. Churches are hoping to be part of it.” We also discuss these articles: Social media reinforces clean divisions, but reality is messy. The threat of a climate catastrophe is here. Will U.S. Catholics heed the call? Detroit […]
Social Media
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Social media reinforces clean divisions, but reality is messy.
Social media, in other words, often deepens existing ideological and partisan divisions by reinforcing only those viewpoints with which we are already most inclined to agree, writes Matt Malone, SJ, in his latest column.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New pro-life political action committee suspended, then restored by Twitter
Coming so soon after the suspension of the Twitter account for the anti-abortion film “Unplanned,” the suspension raised some eyebrows in the Twitterverse.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
What role does social media play in your life?
Our readers ranked interpersonal relationships as the area of their lives most positively and negatively affected by social media.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What is hopepunk and why is it so quintessentially Catholic?
Hopepunk insists there are streams of life-giving water all around us—stories, people and experiences to which we can still turn for inspiration and renewal.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope reflects on using social media for good
Pope Francis said that forming strong communities, even online, requires people who are “animated by feelings of trust” and are pursuing a common objective.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After initial outrage, claims of racism, clearer details of exchange emerge
WASHINGTON (CNS) — An exchange between Catholic high school students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington Jan. 18 was vilified on social media the following day, but the immediate accusations the students showed racist behavior have been stepped back as more details of the entire situation have emerged. Many say the incident still […]
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What if John the Baptist were a blogger?
And what would millennial Jesus make of the comments section?
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Instagram poets make me ask: What is good poetry?
Often Instagram poets want to tell the lesson in their writing rather than simply show the reader through sights, sounds, smells, touches and tastes of their lives and stories.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope chooses 2019 Communications Day theme: Networks, not division
The theme is a call for “reflection on the current state and nature of relationships on the internet, starting from the idea of community as a network between people in their wholeness,” the Vatican said.