Pope Francis urges young not to waste time on Internet and smartphones
By Reuters
12:58PM BST 06 Aug 2014
Pope Francis has urged 50,000 German altar servers not to waste time on the Internet, smartphones and television, but to spend their time on more productive activities.
"Maybe many young people waste too many hours on futile things," the Pope said in a short speech to the altar servers – young people who help the priest during religious services – who had come to Rome on a pilgrimage.
"Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God,
Wait a minute -------- they say he mentioned GOD??
Could this be a
TYPO??
Just about every time I've heard him mention God it was to imply a denial of His existence!! :barf:
so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions."
Activities cited by the Pope as futile were: "chatting on the Internet or with smartphones, watching TV soap operas, and (using) the products of technological progress, which should simplify and improve the quality of life, but distract attention away from what is really important."
And, an example of what's really important is..........
Putting a beach ball and T-shirt from WYD on the high altar of St. Mary Major -- you know the church where you forbid Trad priests (who DO mention God) to offer the Mass of Ages, such as the age when the altar was built, using widow's mites from poor people who couldn't afford it?
Important like that?
Or, does he mean important like making sure that a Mohammedan woman (who only mentions "Allah" -- and that's not quite the same thing as God for a Mohammedan because they say some pretty nasty stuff about The Blessed Trinity, or God, and they splash around in the blood of Christians like the Mohawks did with St. Isaac Jogues and his 7 Companions) is in the lineup with other juvenile non-Catholics when you do the Maundy Thursday Mandatum for all the world to see?
Important like that?
Or, does he mean sticking a red clown nose on your face for the MSM to get closeups of you in front of the bride-who-couldn't-bother-to-wear-sleeves-for-a-formal-occasion and groom at whose wedding you "stuck your nose into" one fine day?
Important like that?
Or, does he mean pulling out all the stops to make a Newcanonization ceremony for a couple of miscreants -- wooops I mean Modernists look like it's infallible or whatever?
Important like that?
The 77-year-old Pope has Twitter accounts in several languages. They were first used by his predecessor Pope Benedict in 2011, and his English language account has 4.3 million followers.
4.3 million, huh? Must be doing
SOMETHIN' right! (If you can figure out what it is, please inform us.)
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