What's the real motivation behind that Facebook post or Tweet? Catholics–like many people today–spend a significant amount of time on social media platforms posting comments and articles, and some of them are divisive, hurtful or even violent. Fr. Josh Johnson, the vocations director for the diocese of Baton Rouge and a prominent young priest with a large social media following, analyses the spiritual pitfalls of social media and the unloving digital communication rampant in the Church today.

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