Love it or hate it, social media is an inescapable fact of modern life. Research shows nearly 5 billion people—or 85 percent of the world’s cellphone users—are connected to such platforms, relying on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the like for an average of two hours and twenty-seven minutes a day for everything from communication, news, and shopping to entertainment and personal validation.
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and
