Young people should not always be glued to their mobile
phones, the 82-year-old Pope Francis said on Saturday as he met a group of
Italian teenagers.
“Free yourselves from mobile phone addiction, please, “
Francis said during a Vatican audience to pupils from Visconti, a renowned state
high school in central Rome.
“You’ve certainly heard about the tragedy of addictions, but
the one with mobile phones is very subtle, very subtle,’’ the pontiff said,
according to an official transcript.
“Mobile phones are a
great help, a great progress. They should be used, it’s good that everybody
knows how to use them. But when you become a slave to your mobile phone, you
lose your freedom,’’ he said.
Francis urged his audience to “not be afraid of silence, of
being on your own, not always, no, because that’s not good for you but take
some time to be on your own.’’
Back in 2017, the pope complained about the use of mobile
phones during Mass, saying it made him “very sad’’ to see people holding them
up during religious services, including “many priests and bishops.’’
“Please! Mass is not a show!’’ he said at the time,
recalling that the priest who celebrates Catholic Mass “says ‘Lift up your
hearts,’ and does not say ‘Lift up your mobiles to take a picture.’’
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