School children welcome Catholic bishops from all over Asia who went on a pilgrimage in the Diocese of Ratchaburi, Ayuthaya, in Thailand, on October 27, 2022, as part of activities at the general conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. (Photo by Roy Lagarde)
Jose Torres Jr., Thailand
Nov 1 2022
Church leaders — priests and bishops — need to learn how to use the various social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, to be able to reach out to young people.
“We have to evangelize the youth in the place where the youth are,” said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC).
“Where are the youth? They are on the Internet, on Facebook,” said the cardinal in response to a question raised by LiCAS News on the sideline of the FABC meeting in Thailand this week.
He said that the region’s Church leaders “have been discussing that the leaders of the Church will have to learn, like Facebook, how to make use of the media.”
“Of course, the pandemic has taught us very well. We have to make use of online preaching,” said Cardinal Bo, adding that “we are learning much about that.”
“The leaders of the Church will have to take up the preaching online, especially, to reach the youth,” said the cardinal. “We have to be where the youth are,” he said.
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