Vatican Warns That Mobile Phones Threaten the Soul

The Vatican has warned that mobile phones are bad for your soul. Cellular News reports.

The Pope's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi warned in a weekly address that modern life is not leaving time for people to cultivate their spiritual dimension. Without a spiritual life "you will lose your soul" he said on the weekly Vatican TV program, Octavia Dies.

... In the age of the cell phone and the internet it is probably more difficult than before to protect silence and to nourish the interior dimension of life,” he observed. “It is difficult but necessary.

emily | 9:57 AM | SMS and Religion |
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