You Play, You Pay

Even family-oriented video games have a down side.

Video games will do your personal development no major favors — and that goes for the gentle varieties, not just the violent. In fact, a recent study of college students at Brigham Young University found a correlation between heavy “gaming” and weak relationships, not to mention risky behaviors such as drug use. “I was a little surprised the video games’ effects were consistently negative,” lead author Laura Walker, a professor in BYU’s School of Family Life, told The Salt Lake Tribune. “But there were no hugely strong effects. I was surprised that we could find no positive correlations, like for video games that you play as a group.”

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