The U.S. surgeon general suggests a warning label on social media apps. But God entrusted us with the care of our children, and we’re the ones who should be held accountable for any harms.
Social Media
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What a TikTok ban would mean to two Gen-Z Catholics
The problem is not that TikTok users feel disappointed about the potential loss of an entertaining social platform; it is that many young people see a ban on TikTok as the end of, or at least a major disruption to, their social life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Dudes thinking big thoughts: Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson and the lure of the rabbit hole
After B-list careers in their primary professions, these men have found their callings in the earbuds of the young.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Disconnecting from social media is ‘essential’ to Christian life
Praying the Angelus with some 25,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged listeners to disconnect from the “pollution of vain words and chatter” present on social media platforms.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Catholic influencers or digital missionaries? Bringing the synod to the internet
Today on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with José Manuel de Urquidi is a voting member at the synod whose advocacy for evangelizing—or rather listening—in digital spaces is turning heads.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
It’s not you, it’s your résumé: The League is a dating app for the elite
The League is a dating app that operates on exclusivity and ambition. Has it changed the world of online dating?
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
U.S. Open tennis champ Coco Gauff and the witness of prayer
When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
Posted inArts & Culture, News Analysis
We live in an age of bad celebrity apologies. The bishops can learn from their mistakes.
We as audiences might not have the power to shape the actions of those we admire. But we do have the capacity to demand more from their attempts to address their shortcomings publicly.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
The Grimace Shake Moment of 2023 gave me hope for humanity (and brands)
Twitter has done its best to make me cynical. But every once in a while, there is a Grimace Shake moment.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sharing what’s in your Notes app can be surprisingly sacred
Our notes may be practical or they may be impressionistic. They may be things that we cannot remember or that remain important to us. But is it going too far to say there is something holy in the hearing of them?