Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Social networking undermining Philippines Catholic youth

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Philippines youth day organiser, Fr Favie Faldas says the Internet and social networking is having a negative impact on youth and lessening the influence of the Catholic Church. Faldas, head of the NYD Steering Committee said, social networks provide a way for people to openly the challenge the Church, whereas in the past people would not Read more

Get tweeting – now!

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Get tweeting now! Why on earth would a church be terrified of using the new media? As Brandon Vogt, author of The Church and New Media says, if biblical stories have used pillars of fire, bright stars, burning bushes and a talking donkey to get the point across surely blogging, Facebook and Twitter are tame Read more

There’s an app for information on the priesthood

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Eve reputedly led Adam into temptation with an apple. Now an enterprising Irish Catholic priest has designed an Apple app designed at leading men into the priesthood. Fr Paddy Rushe’s new “Vocations” app is billed as the first of its kind in the world and is available to download free from the Apple iPhone app Read more

Twitter users have shorter relationships

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Time Newsfeed reports that a study by OkTrends shows the more frequently you use Twitter, the shorter your relationships tend to be. Among OkCupid‘s findings are two conclusions about Twitter users people who use Twitter every day tend to have shorter relationships, and the problem gets worse as a person gets older. The average relationship Read more