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Evangelizing on Social Media More Than Just Gaining Followers: Pope Leo XIV to Catholic Digital Influencers

Evangelizing on Social Media More Than Just Gaining Followers: Pope Leo XIV to Catholic Digital Influencers

For Pope Leo, peace “needs to be sought, proclaimed, and shared everywhere; both in places where we see the tragedy of war and in the empty hearts of those who have lost any meaning of life and the desire for introspection and the spiritual life.”...

Vatican asked to defrock Polish priest charged with killing homeless man

Vatican asked to defrock Polish priest charged with killing homeless man

The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with the killing of a 68-year-old homeless man who was beaten with an axe and set on fire. Prosecutors charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M in line...

Evangelizing on social media more than just gaining followers, Leo XIV reminds influencers

Evangelizing on social media more than just gaining followers, Leo XIV reminds influencers

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 16:29 pm Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, encouraging them to create encounters...

New secular study finds Vatican II triggered a decline in Catholic Mass attendance worldwide

New secular study finds Vatican II triggered a decline in Catholic Mass attendance worldwide

News Economic research found that religious service attendance in Catholic nations significantly decreased compared with all other countries beginning in 1965, the final year of Vatican II. (LifeSiteNews) — A newly published secular study found...

Winning Isn’t Everything: A Catholic View of Sports

Winning Isn’t Everything: A Catholic View of Sports

Scottie Scheffler has his priorities straight. The world’s top-ranked golfer reinforced this point after winning his second major championship of the year, the British Open. In the press conference after his dominant victory, Scheffler stated, “I...

Tens of thousands of Catholics head to Vatican's Jubilee of Youth

Tens of thousands of Catholics head to Vatican's Jubilee of Youth

Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance in a crowd of 120,000 young Catholics who gathered on Tuesday in Rome for the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years. The week-long event is taking place just over two months...

‘Nurture a Culture of Christian Humanism,’ Leo XIV Reminds Digital Influencers

‘Nurture a Culture of Christian Humanism,’ Leo XIV Reminds Digital Influencers

‘It is not simply a matter of generating content but of creating an encounter of hearts,’ the Pope said while sharing three missions or challenges when it comes to evangelizing online. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in...

Does Tatler’s Editor Richard Dennen Have the Hottest Job at Condé Nast?

Does Tatler’s Editor Richard Dennen Have the Hottest Job at Condé Nast?

LONDON — Does Tatler’s Richard Dennen have the best edit job at Condé Nast? He’s in a rare position at the publisher’s U.K. offices as he’s still an editor, rather than a “head of editorial content,” while Tatler remains a stand-alone magazine...

Tom Lehrer Gave Us One of the Best Jewish Holiday Songs, ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica’

Tom Lehrer Gave Us One of the Best Jewish Holiday Songs, ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica’

Music May the funny, brilliant, subversive gifts he gave the world live on forever. And may his memory be for a blessing. Via Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The famously private Tom Lehrer, who passed away on Sunday, July 27 at age...

Dramatic entrance: Young Catholics give rock star welcome to Pope Leo at vigil

Dramatic entrance: Young Catholics give rock star welcome to Pope Leo at vigil

The Vatican’s Jubilee of Youth reached its peak on Saturday with a night-time vigil on the outskirts of Rome, drawing a global crowd and placing Pope Leo XIV at the centre of a Church-wide mobilisation. Hundreds of thousands of young faithful...

Pope Leo XIV mobbed by Catholic influencers at Vatican festival

Pope Leo XIV mobbed by Catholic influencers at Vatican festival

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

The First Mass for Digital Missionaires and Influencers

The First Mass for Digital Missionaires and Influencers

On the second day of the Youth Jubilee, the Vatican held a mass dedicated to digital missionaries and Catholic influencers for the first time. Cardinal Tagle delivered the homily message to the crowd of young influencers, defining what influencing...

Vatican asked to defrock priest charged with killing homeless man who was set on fire

Vatican asked to defrock priest charged with killing homeless man who was set on fire

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Holy Likes and Heavenly Looks: How 'Hot Priests' Are Preaching to the Social Media Generation

Holy Likes and Heavenly Looks: How 'Hot Priests' Are Preaching to the Social Media Generation

(L-R) Father Don Ambrogio Mazzai (Photo: Instagram/amb.mzz9), Father Giuseppe Fusari (Instagram/art.priest2023) and Father Don Cosimo Schena (Photo: Instagram/doncosimoschena) The Lord tests you, and occasionally in thirst-trapping ways. The...

Vatican to host ‘hot priests’ influencers who spread word of God to younger faithful as numbers slump

Vatican to host ‘hot priests’ influencers who spread word of God to younger faithful as numbers slump

They’re hot under the collar. The Vatican is set to host influencers and missionaries to discuss spreading the church’s message through social media — and is looking for help from some “hot priests” who are turning heads with their bountiful...

Tens Of Thousands In Rome For Vatican's Jubilee Of Youth

Tens Of Thousands In Rome For Vatican's Jubilee Of Youth

Tens of thousands of young Catholics from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in Rome for a week of pilgrimage during the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years. The mass gathering is taking place just over two...

How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

TUAM, Ireland — This story begins with a forbidden fruit. It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples. The youngsters avoided being caught by clambering over the stone...

Pope calls for 'dignity' online at first influencer mass

Pope calls for 'dignity' online at first influencer mass

At the Vatican's first mass for Catholic influencers, Pope Leo XVI called on the world to protect human "dignity" online as it faces the "challenge" of artificial intelligence (AI). He was speaking as thousands of young Catholics are in Rome this...

My first time on a big ship taught me a big lesson

My first time on a big ship taught me a big lesson

Some traces of the former incarnation remain – signs in the bathrooms still have Mandarin translations, for example. The overall vibe, though, has loosened a top button to reach a happy balance of reserved and relaxed. It never skims too close to...

Pope Leo XIV announces dates for 2027 World Youth Day in South Korea

Pope Leo XIV announces dates for 2027 World Youth Day in South Korea

Rome Newsroom, Aug 3, 2025 / 07:35 am Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced that the dates of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, will be Aug. 3-8, 2027. “After this jubilee, the ‘pilgrimage of hope’ of young people continues...

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