Facebook Friends

A June survey shows Facebook users have true friends online, reported the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

A June survey shows Facebook users have true friends online, reported the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

“Across the board, we see there is no negative effect” from social-media use, said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project. “In fact, there are a host of positive outcomes that challenged some of the worst suspicions that people have about the impact of social-network sites.”

Survey finding: Most Facebook friends include high school or college friends as well as relatives or co-workers.

“These are real friends,” said Keith Hampton, a University of Pennsylvania professor who was the lead author of the Pew study. “What does a Facebook friend really mean? Well, it turns out it really means friend.”

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis