Sunday, June 1, was World Communications Day. In his message for the day (published in January, 2014), Pope Francis focused on the possibilities that the Internet provides for encounter and solidarity. One of the popular quotes from his message is that the “Internet….is a gift from God.”
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Pope Francis: The Internet “Something Truly good, a Gift from God.”
On January 24, the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ 2014 message for World Communications Day which occurs on June 1. This year’s message is entitled Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter. In this message Pope Francis applies one of his most common themes to the Internet and social media: the importance of engaging the person by listening and seeking to…