When Pope Francis invited us to disconnect us from technology, to reconnect us each other: “How I would like us to look less the screens and the more the eyes of others”

At the beginning of April, when his health conditions were slowly worsening, Pope Francis has shared an important reflection on the relationship between Technology and daily life. An invitation to reflect on the sense of digital connectionarrived a few months after his death, which today appears as one of his last, strong exhortations aimed at the faithful and the whole world. In the Video widespread for the intention of prayer of the monthPope Francis had expressed a concrete concern about the way in which Technologies influence and limit human relationships. A trend for everyone, promptly intercepted by the pontiff.

Pope Francis and the call to cultivate human relationships by detaching us from the devices

“How much I would like to spend the less time in front of the screens and more time to look in the eyes”had revealed Pope Francis in early April. “There is something wrong if we spend more time with the mobile phone than with people. The screen makes us forget that there is someone behind it, who breathes, laughs and cries». Pope Francis has never hidden The interest of the Church for the opportunities offered by technological innovationbut has repeatedly reiterated the need to govern its effectsso that the man always remains in the center. In this message of his disappearance (which took place on Easter Monday), the Pontiff stressed the risks of a daily life mediated almost exclusively by digital devices. An exhortation that fits into the pastoral line who characterized all his pontificate, marked to proximity, dialogue and treatment of the other. Today, after his disappearance, that message resonates With even greater strength. With a clear indication: in an increasingly digitized and hyper -connected world, It is the human relationship that had to remain true priority. To us the task of cultivating it.