Nairobi, 23 January, 2025 / 5:51 pm (ACI Africa).
Amid the world’s rapid technological advancements and evolving communication landscapes, the church should consider diving deeper into the world of social media, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said.
Speaking during an interview with Sr. Olga Massango of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP), Archbishop Hubertus van Megen reflected on the significance of the Jubilee of the World of Communications scheduled for January 24 to 26 in Rome, and how the Church should use the occasion to enhance its role in social media.
“The Jubilee of the World of Communications… is focusing very much on the internet and social media, which, still, I would feel, is for the Church a challenge,” Archbishop van Megen said during the interview that FSP published on Tuesday, January 21.
Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya. Credit: Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP)
He added, “The Church still has to understand better its role within the large world of social media, which is a world without limits in the sense that it goes beyond our actual world. It is the new marketplace, especially for younger people.”