Abp Eamon Martin's 10 Commandments On The Church And...the Interne

[chrysostom]

http://valleadurni.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-church-and-internet.html

 

A bishop...talking about the internet!  How refreshing.  :)

 

 

2. Strictly avoid aggression and ‘preachiness’ online; try not to be judgemental or polemical – goodness knows, there is enough of this online already! Instead, try Pope Francis’ approach of ‘tenderness and balm’.

 

 

3. Never bear false witness on the internet.

 

 

4. Remember ‘Ubi caritas et amor’. Fill the internet with charity and love, always giving rather than taking. Continually seek to broaden and reframe discussions and seek to include a sense of charity and solidarity with the suffering in the world.

 

 

9. Witness to human dignity at all times online. Seek, as Pope Benedict once said, to ‘give a soul to the internet’. We are well aware of the pervasive prevalence of pornography on the internet which can ‘pollute the spirit’, destroy and degrade human sexuality and relationships, reduce persons to objects for gratification, draw millions into the commodification and commercialisation of sex, feed the monster that is human trafficking.

 

...And for number 10, here's looking at you, Phatmass!  Good job.  :D

 

 

10. Be missionary, be aware that with the help of the internet, a message has the potential to reach the ends of the earth in seconds. In this regard, let us foster and call forth charisms in younger committed people who understand the power and potential of the net to bear witness.

 

Edited May 23, 2014 by chrysostom

[Perigrina]

I really appreciated this article.  Thanks for posting it.