Pope Francis has warned that constant scrolling on social media causes ‘brain rot’. The head of the Catholic Church called for greater media literacy and critical thinking, particularly among ...

Pope Francis, noting that the term "brain rot" was the Oxford dictionary's word of the year for 2024, urged people to rediscover the "courage to free the heart from what corrupts it" in a speech ...

Pope Francis’ latest request ... weekend that too much social media should be avoided because it causes “brain rot”—or putrefazione cerebrale in the more elegant Italian.

One of my favorite parts of family gatherings is expanding my vocabulary with the help of my teenage niece. Among the many words I learned this year — in addition to “Skibidi Ohio,” which ...

In case you missed it, the 2024 word was “brain rot.” Since 2004, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen a “word of the year.” This word conveys a summary point of that particular span ...

Pope Francis made the remark at the Jubilee of the World of Communications in Rome, an event which attracted around 9,000 journalists and writers from 138 countries, both in person and online. The ...