Canadian Bishops Praise Those Who Witness on Social Media but Warn: ‘Don’t Be Naive’

Paul Schratz Young people use mobile devices in isolation from each other at Willowbrook Mall in Langley, British Columbia. In their pastoral letter on social media, the Canadian bishops suggest fasting from screens once a week and taking a ‘technology Sabbath.’ Echoing Pope Francis, the bishops advise in new pastoral letter that Catholics using social […]

Pope, in letter to Jews in Israel, condemns antisemitism as a sin

In a letter addressed to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel,” Pope Francis expressed his heartbreak at the violence unleashed by the Hamas attack on Israel in October and he repeated the Catholic Church’s condemnation of all forms of antisemitism and anti-Judaism. “The path that the Church has walked with you, the ancient people […]