Vatican, 15 December, 2022 / 8:30 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has urged young people to look away from their cell phone screens and make eye contact with the people around them.
In a meeting on Dec. 15 with youth groups affiliated with Catholic Action, the pope warned that “a great risk for a boy and a girl today is to spend our days keeping a cell phone screen in front of our eyes.”
“Our eyes are meant to look into the eyes of others. They were not made to look down at a virtual world that we hold in our hands, but to look up to heaven, to God, and to look into the eyes of those who live next to us.”
Pope Francis met with young members of Catholic Action on Dec. 15, 2022. Vatican Media
Pope Francis told the children and teenagers gathered at the Vatican to remember that Jesus teaches that “every person is important.”
