Over the past few years, there has been much discussion about how to get our youth more involved in the life of our Church. Our last Pope, Pope Benedict XVI began his own twitter account to reach out to the younger members of the Catholic faith. Take a look at the following video clip to learn more about this:
The above video discusses that Pope Benedict was even encouraging people to send him questions about our faith. In the few months that Pope Benedict XVI was a member of twitter, he made 39 tweets and gained 1.6 million followers. Our new leader, Pope Francis, also started has a twitter account and has been tweeting regularly. Read the following short article that talks about Pope Francis’ popularity on twitter:
How do you feel about these attempts to reach out our youth?
In a blog of 300 words, please respond to the following questions:
- Do you think that having twitter accounts will help attract youth to take a greater role in the life of the Church?
- What are the benefits of having our Church leader tweet? Are there any disadvantages?
- Does your parish take part in the social media world? If so, please explain.
- Are there any other ways that the Church can encourage our youth to get more involved? Do you have any personal experiences related to this?
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