Pope rips ‘keyboard warriors’
April 12, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: At his Wednesday public audience on April 12, Pope Francis spoke on the evangelical zeal of St. Paul, contrasting it with forms of “a distorted zeal, oriented in the wrong direction.”
Evangelization requires going out to people, as St. Paul did, the Pope insisted. He said:
One does not proclaim the Gospel standing still, locked in an office, at one’s deak or at one’s computer, arguing like ‘keyboard warriors’ and replacing the creativity of proclamation with cut-and-paste ideas taken from here and there. The Gospel is proclaiming by moving, by walking, by going.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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- Posted by: IM4HIM - Apr. 12, 2023 6:28 PM ET USA
Technology is a tool that can be used for good or for evil. Many faithful Catholics use technology to share their faith with others. I think what the Pope is complaining about are the criticisms aimed at him, many of which are justified. Manuy of His supporters certainly use technology to discredit others as well.
