{"id":82311,"date":"2026-04-20T07:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82311"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:55:49","slug":"st-john-paul-iis-guide-for-using-media-and-screens-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/st-john-paul-iis-guide-for-using-media-and-screens-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John Paul II\u2019s Guide For Using Media And Screens In The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Aleteia<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>Access to media and social communications in the home has been a blessing to many, opening grace-filled avenues that have brought families together in various ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"  \">\n<p>However, this same access\u00a0<strong>has also brought many harmful elements\u00a0<\/strong>into the home, destroying families and fostering addictions that lead a person away from God. St. John Paul II wrote about this aspect of the media <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/messages\/communications\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_mes_20040124_world-communications-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in his message for the 38th World Communications Day in 2004<\/a>. He even gave families a guide to help them navigate the complex world of communications. While the address was before the invention of social media and smart phones, his words still contain great wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1776671749\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"St. John Paul II\u2019s Guide For Using Media And Screens In The Family\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Aleteia: Access to media and social communications in the home has been a blessing to many, opening grace-filled avenues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82312,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82311\/revisions\/82312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}