Cardinal Chomali proposes practicing "digital hygiene" to 20,000 faithful

Cardinal Fernando Chomali, the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, urged more than 20,000 people to practice digital hygiene to encourage real human connections by disconnecting from screens. He spoke to the crowd during a youth pilgrimage at the Sanctuary of Saint Teresa of the Andes.

The gathering followed the theme "Youth: good grows silently from the earth," inspired by Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas. Due to climate emergency safety concerns, organizers canceled the annual 27 kilometer walk from Chacabuco to the sanctuary in Auco.