Peace of Soul and the Conclave, by Kennedy Hall

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine, May 2, 2025

Kennedy Hall is the author of multiple best-selling books. He is a freelance author, audiobook narrator and host of the podcast Mere Tradition with Kennedy Hall. He is married with six children and lives in Ontario, Canada. He can be contacted through, and his work can be found at www.kennedyhall.ca.

The 24-hour news cycle was initiated by CNN’s move to a “continuous coverage” format. Social media has added fuel to that sensationalist fire and it is destroying our peace.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really hate modernity. I know, I know, not everything was better in the past. For one, I am very grateful for things like indoor plumbing and refrigeration, and I am well aware that men have been sinners from the get-go, and therefore every age has its drama and iniquity to deal with. But there is one thing about our modern age that is especially repugnant in so many ways, and that is our immediate access to information on a global scale.

Now, I fully understand the irony or even the hypocrisy of lamenting the state of our information age, considering I make my living as a writer and podcaster dependent on the tools of our age. Nevertheless, the state of the modern info-obsession presents a grave danger for our souls. Until very recently, historically speaking, human beings lived without the reasonable expectation of receiving information about civil or political affairs quickly, especially if a great distance was between them and wherever an important event was taking place. …

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