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Jan 21, 2026 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Duringatime“markedbyaggression,fragmentation,andpolarization,”ArgentinepriestFatherGregorioNadalhasreleasedaSpanish-languagebook,“HowtoBeChristiansonSocialMedia:HumanRelationshipsandEthicalPresenceintheDigitalWorld,”whichoffersperspectivenotonlyforbelieversbutalsofor“anyonewhowondershowtosafeguardtheirowndignityandthatofothers”inanenvironmentofscreens,messages,andreactions.
WrittenfromaChristianperspective,hisworkbeginswithaspiritualquestion:“HowcanwebeChristiansonsocialmedia?”andfromthereseekstoopenadialoguethatisnotlimitedto“withintheChurch”butisdirectedtoabroaderaudience,NadalexplainedtoACIPrensa,theSpanish-languagesisterserviceofEWTNNewsEnglish.
Tothisend,Nadaloffers“aninvitationtoexaminewhathappenswithinuswhenweareconnected,howthecontentweconsumeaffectsus,andwhatkindofpeoplewearebecomingaswebrowsesocialmedia,comment,read,orreact.”
TheinspirationforhisworkcomesfromtwoChurchdocuments:theencyclicalFra
