Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith wrote that for "a digital illustration of respective theological worldviews, look at the two giants of social media".

The priest wrote that Facebook is "cheerful, friendly, conciliatory" and "tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step to reach - if not the Kingdom of Heaven - the moment in which their document is printed".

On the other hand, Twitter is "Protestant, or even Calvinistic" because it "allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user and takes for granted the idea that not all can reach salvation".

Anonymous polemicists on Twitter remind Fr Lucie-Smith of Martin Luther's insults against the Pope.

Facebook, in contrast, is "a congregation, a community - and that, in my opinion, makes Facebook Catholic", he said.

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