The Pope has urged young Catholics to embrace social media and use tools like Facebook to evangelise.
Only two years after Pope Benedict XVI had to make a public apology for not having checked the internet before a major controversy, the Holy Father was urging Christians to sign up to social networks on the internet.
He said: “I would like then to invite Christians, confidently and with an informed and responsible creativity, to join the network of relationships which the digital era has made possible. This is not simply to satisfy the desire to be present, but because this network is an integral part of human life.














