The Pope: People Should See The Bible More Than Their Cell Phones

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

People should see the Bible as much or more than their cell phones, Pope Francis said. "What would happen if we return when we forget, if we hug it more frequently, if we read the message of God contained in the Bible in the same way that we review the messages on our cell phones?" Asked the Supreme Pontiff in the plaza Saint Peter of Vatican City, reported The Associated Press.

The Argentine religious leader - who has accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - often uses his social networks to send messages of faith and get the word of God directly to his millions of followers.

The Holy Father has also spoken in favor of controlling the population. "We have to have a limited number of people which is why Pope Francis and his three most recent predecessors have always argued that one should not have more children than one can properly raise," said Peter Raven, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, during a conference in the Vatican that was part of some workshops to prevent "Biological Extinction".

Pope Francis caused a stir in 2015 by expressing the same thing in a very colorful way to journalists aboard a papal flight. "Some believe that to be good Catholics - forgive me for speaking - we must be like rabbits," he said. "No: responsible parenthood."