Kribi, 13 March, 2024 / 1:32 pm (ACI Africa).
There is need to “humanize” the modern means of communication in the Church and society, the Catholic Bishop of Kribi Diocese in Cameroon has said.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the First Annual Session of members of the Yaounde Provincial Episcopal Conference (CEPY) on Tuesday, March 12, Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana said, “The emergence of the digital world in our ways of doing, thinking and acting today has had the effect of a Copernican revolution that is turning us all upside down.”
Bishop Zinga highlighted the challenges of digitality, saying, “Hardly a day goes by without fake news, data hacking, dark web, the deep web, personal data violation, hate speech, violation of the boundaries between public and private life, identity theft, financial neglect, the degrading but attractive buzz of the phenomenon of influencers, whistle-blowers and so on.”
“We're sailing in an ocean of digital networks, and it's imperative to humanize them by mastering their use,” he said.
“The instantaneity, celebrity, proximity and broad-spectrum impact offered by the digital world are creating a new evangelical demand,” the Cameroonian Catholic Bishop said during the event that was held at the Conference Hall of the Pastoral Center of Kribi Diocese.
