The Vatican Embraces Catholic Influencers: ‘We Are the Gateway to the Faith’

The Vatican’s Catholic influencer Jubilee is worth celebrating—and scrutinizing

As hundreds of Catholic content creators descend on Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, it’s worth asking: What’s the best way to evangelize online?

Cardinal Tagle at influencers jubilee: ‘Love cannot be generated by an algorithm’

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, presides over the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañ... [...]

Cardinal Tagle at Influencers Jubilee: ‘Love Cannot Be Generated by an Algorithm’

Daniel Ibañez Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, presides over the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. ‘Jesus loves you. Do not doubt him. Accept him as the greatest influence on your life.’

The Vatican embraces Catholic influencers: ‘We are the gateway to the faith’

Paula Vega went viral in 2023 when she decided to spend her honeymoon with her husband in Rome to visit Pope Francis. They arrived dressed as bride and groom and carried their marriage certificate. “We wanted his blessing. I told him I was a digital missionary, and he told me to give it a go,” she says. This 30-year-old from Málaga, Spain, rediscovered her faith almost a decade ago and now shares religious content on Instagram, where she has mor…

Cardinal Tagle leads Vatican's first Jubilee Mass for Catholic influencers

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has urged Catholic influencers to be discerning about the power they wield online and to let Jesus' love become their "true fluid of influence," as he led the Mass that celebrates the Church's first-ever Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Social Media Influencers.

Jonathan Roumie to Catholic creators: Social media is today’s mission field

Actor Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in “The Chosen.” / Credit: Screenshot EWTN News/Colm Flynn CNA Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, known for his portrayal of Jesus in the hit series “The Chosen,” sent a video message on Monday to those gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers in which he called their work “incredibly important.” The Jubilee of Digital Missionari…