(And what the Gospel says we should do instead)
Social Media
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
10 things Catholics can do to make Twitter a less toxic place
For Christians, the ministry of social communications does not exist for the sake of mere speech but for the one who is himself the Word.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Meet the man behind Pope Francis’ social media strategy
Bishop Paul Tighe, the secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, has been called “the Vatican’s nicest guy.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Bishop Robert Barron: A Fulton Sheen for the 21st Century?
A new book shows Bishop Robert Barron’s ambitious plans to evangelize culture in the United States.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Chasing Likes: Confessions of an Instagram addict
There’s a big difference between engagement and encounter.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What would Jesus do about Artificial Intelligence? Become more human.
It is not technology we should fear. It is ourselves.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis reaches Twitter milestone, with more than 40 million followers
Pope Francis and President Trump are now tied as Twitter’s most followed global leaders.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
What role does social media play in your faith life? America readers weigh in.
America readers have a pretty positive view of social media.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What two saints and a pope named Francis can teach us about living the Gospel online
Putting Francis of Assisi, Francis de Sales, and Pope Francis in conversation.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
How to respond to Catholic internet trolls
Trolls are preying on weakness as much as—or more than—hunting for supposed transgressions against orthodoxy.