Jesus chatbots & other religious tech-practices
Narayani Ganesh A 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 – popularly known as ‘God’s influencer’ and the ‘Patron Saint of the Internet’ – used digital media to promote Catholicism. A website he created documented Eucharistic miracles recognised by the church. With its finger on the pulse of the digital world, the Vatican,…