ather Robert Reyes, parish priest and human rights activist, said the move was based on the U.S. National Day of Unplugging, which promotes a 24-hour respite from technology.
Philippine parish spends 24 hours of ‘silence with the Lord’
Brett Robinson: Is your smartphone stressing you out?
According to the American Psychological Association, nearly half of millennials worry about the negative effects of social media on their physical and mental health.
Bible, like cellphone, should be carried always, pope says
“What would happen if we turned back when we forget it, if we opened it more times a day, if we read the messages of God contained in the Bible the way we read messages on our cellphones?” the pope asked.