The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has recommended that journalists and publicists “make a personal and collective examination of conscience” to assess how they are using the internet.


“How is it possible to be simultaneously hyper-connected and terribly alone,” Paolo Ruffini asked in a speech to a conference in Seoul, South Korea. He lamented that “what ought to be a window on the world becomes a showcase for exhibiting personal narcissism.”