“It makes you dependent on technology and social media, and you turn an existence that should be concrete and tangible into a virtual existence, imagining that you are liked by everyone.

“virtual narcissism, which arises from the desire for approval on social media and is extremely serious, taking you captive and making you dependent without you even realising it

“These narcissistic behaviours have their most harmful effects within the family. A wife who suffers from narcissism will never put her husband first, but will constantly seek to enhance her own sense of worth. Likewise, a husband who has this passion will neglect his wife and children, regarding himself as the god of the family,

“It is a disadvantage that leads towards the passion of narcissism. It is an extremely serious deviation. What is a person with a narcissistic personality like? Such a person always puts themselves first. They behave egocentrically, see themselves before everyone else, minimise all their faults and exaggerate their qualities.

“This void created in terms of communication had to be replaced with something. And what has replaced it in the world in which we live? Online validation, the cultivation of the ego on social media, and social media reaching the position of a god of the soul for those who are so attached to these networks.

“this search for approval is part of a broader phenomenon of attachment to things that provide image, status or recognition, which not only distances people from one another, but often takes over social relationships that had previously been well established

“A Holy Father once said that the end times are approaching, or that the beginning of the end times comes when the paths between people become blocked, when channels of communication disappear, and people communicate in an increasingly rigid, superficial and artificial manner.

“we chase after vainglory and motivation that comes from people, and less after the glory that comes from God