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Cell Phones Bad for Soul, Warns Vatican

Technology may be bad for the soul

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2008 3:36 AM CST

(Newser) – The Vatican has warned that cell phones and the internet threaten the soul, reports the Daily Telegraph. “In the age of the cell phone and internet it is more difficult than before to protect silence and nourish the interior dimension of life,” said a spokesman for the Pope. If the "spiritual dimension of life" is not nourished, it "can become barren to the point of drying up and dying. This is a very grave threat."

A bishop speaks on a cell phone before the start of a mass by Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican now says cell phones may interfere with a spiritual life.
A bishop speaks on a cell phone before the start of a mass by Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican now says cell phones may interfere with a spiritual life.   (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
A priest in the crowd talks on a cell phone prior to the papal Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals baseball Park in Washington.
A priest in the crowd talks on a cell phone prior to the papal Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals baseball Park in Washington.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Two Little Sisters of the Poor use their communal cell phone. The Vatican is warning against some of the trappings of technology.
Two Little Sisters of the Poor use their communal cell phone. The Vatican is warning against some of the trappings of technology.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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COMMENTS
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Shannonals
Dec 3, 2008 3:21 AM CST
Doesn't the Vactican have more important things to do?
Guest
Nov 30, 2008 5:39 AM CST
access to information is the devil's work!!!!
justme
Nov 28, 2008 9:30 PM CST
Talk about a headline having no relationship to the story. This could have been a supermarket tabloid.

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