On the Day of GamerFather Juan Manuel Góngora, a Spanish priest who on X (formerly Twitter) has more than 77 thousand followers and who has been awarded for his defense of the Catholic faith on social networks, answers the question about whether video games.
World Video Game Day or Gamer It is celebrated on August 29 since 2008 when a group of specialized Spanish magazines decided to commemorate this date with different events such as presentations, seminars, talks, among others.
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In statements to ACI Prensa, Father Góngora pointed out that “video games are part of an entertainment industry that has grown exponentially in recent decades, and as such I do not believe that they are good or bad by themselves, but rather according to their use and the “end that is sought.”
When asked if a Catholic can play video games, the priest affirms that he himself has been a “video game consumer since childhood, especially shooters or sports.”
In that sense, he specified, “there is no problem as long as it is used appropriately and knowing the warnings from the creators themselves.”
When asked if there are positive aspects to this practice, Father Góngora points out: “Beyond the recreational dimension, I think it can help improve aspects such as competitiveness and camaraderie.”
However, the priest specified that “we must also be aware of the risks such as the possibility of generating addiction and certain obsessions that are not healthy for the body and soul.”
Originally published August 29, 2022. It has been updated for republication.
Walter Sanchez Silva
I have been a husband since 2008. My wife and I have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before he was born. Since I joined ACI Prensa in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Cologne, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and of Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the Family synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Synodality, in 2023. I closely follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers persecution from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as current ecclesiastical events in the region.