The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication issued a new document called “Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media.” The document lays out how Catholics should be thinking about their social media engagement—and like the pope’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti, it takes as its model the story of the Good Samaritan, urging people to reach out and listen to those who are different from them, to build community with those people, and to step beyond social media into working creatively for a positive change in the physical world.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle analyze the document’s strengths and weaknesses. 

On the second part of the show, Colleen and Gerry revisit the story of Sister Lucía Caram, the Argentine nun who drove 2,000 miles each way to bring refugees from Ukraine to Spain, where she lives. In the last 14 months, Sister Lucía has visited Ukraine 18 times, delivered 92 ambulances and helped resettle some 4,000 refugees. Gerry caught up with Sister Lucía in Rome last week; he gives an update on what she has done and seen.

Links from the show

Dicastery for Communication issues document about social media behavior

Full Document: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media

Vatican tells the bishops of Catholic Twitter: be reflective, not reactive

When bishops attack: How Pope Francis handles his critics


Pope Francis meets with Argentine nun about field hospitals in Ukraine

What an Argentine nun has seen on the frontlines of Ukraine after 18 trips

Pope Francis is fighting for peace in Ukraine. Here’s how NATO and the US can help his cause.

Pope Francis’ secret Ukraine-Russia peace mission, explained

The Convent de Santa Clara Foundation

Follow Sister Lucía Caram on:

Twitter (@sorluciacaram)


Instagram (@sorluciacaram) 


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