US EditionPope Poses for Selfies at Catholic Influencer Festival
METROPOLITAN CITY OF ROME, LAZIO, JUL 29 – Pope Leo XIV urged over 1,000 Catholic influencers to maintain genuine human connections and ethical social media use amid rising digital and AI challenges.
- On July 29, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV welcomed attendees following a special Mass honoring the Jubilee dedicated to digital evangelizers and Catholic social media figures.
- The event occurred during the Vatican's weeklong Jubilee for young people, aiming to thank influencers for evangelising while warning them against neglecting human relationships and falling prey to fake news.
- Pope Leo encouraged influencers to act as unifying forces who overcome division and to collaboratively foster a spirit grounded in Christian humanism through bonds of friendship, love, and what he described as the 'network of God.'
- He emphasized that the focus should go beyond just producing material to fostering genuine connections between people, illustrating his message by fluidly alternating among Italian, Spanish, and English during his address.
- The event highlighted the challenge posed by artificial intelligence, making addressing its threat a priority for Leo's pontificate, and showcased the Pope gamely posing for selfies with hundreds of enthusiastic influencers.
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"We live in a society that is becoming sick because of a 'bulimia' of social media connections: we are hyperconnected, bombarded by images, sometimes even false or distorted. (ANSA)
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