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Participants gather at the Aug. 18, 2025, launch event for a new digital app that will bring together 66 Catholic radio stations in east Africa. Father Don Bosco, editor-in-chief of ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, is pictured in the center.

New digital app to link over 60 Catholic radio stations in east Africa

Aug 21, 2025

By Agnes Aineah

The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa recently celebrated the launch of a new digital app for Catholic... Read more

Pope Leo XIV blesses Elizabeth Busby and her baby on the way at the Mass for Digital Missionaries on July 29, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. A family and marriage therapist, Busby hosts the “Discerning Marriage” podcast and developed the Next Step formation program for people who are discerning marriage.

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

Jul 29, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the Jubilee... Read more

Actor Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in “The Chosen.”

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

Jul 28, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Actor Jonathan Roumie sent a video message on Monday to those gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries... Read more

Father Heriberto García Arias with a group of young people.

Digital missionary priest helps young people ‘move from the screen to the altar’

Father Heriberto García Arias has more than 2 million followers on his TikTok account @heribertogarciaar and more than 200,000 on... Read more

Sean Graber, president of EWTN Digital (left), and Peter Gagnon, president of EWTN Studios.

EWTN launches EWTN Studios and EWTN Digital to expand global reach

Jul 22, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael P. Warsaw has announced a new organizational structure to further EWTN’s mission in the digital... Read more

From left to right: Alexandro Jurado, known as VoiceofReason on social media; Desirae Sifuentes, known as UncatechizedCatholic on Instagram; speaker and content creator Emily Wilson; and Kira Andrea, also known as Mercy Divine Music.

4 digital content creators discuss their role in the Church’s mission of evangelization

Apr 6, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

CNA spoke to a handful of digital evangelists about their work and their use of digital media to spread the... Read more

Pope Francis waves at pilgrims and visitors gathered for the Angelus on Dec. 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Family dialogue defeats digital distraction

Dec 29, 2024

By AC Wimmer

“Never, never this,” Francis said about mobile phones at the family table. “Talk, listen to each other, this is the... Read more

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Bishops tell young African digital influencers: ‘Brace for the challenges ahead’

Sep 22, 2024

By Agnes Aineah

Bishop Godfrey Onah reminded graduates of a digital media formation program that the digital world is still at the periphery... Read more

Pope Francis during his general audience in Paul VI Hall on January 26, 2022.

Vatican releases pastoral reflection on Christian engagement with social media

May 29, 2023

By Courtney Mares

Topics covered include information overload, constant scrolling, not giving others one’s full attention, being an “influencer,” and more. Read more

Pope Francis met with members of the Society of Saint Paul on June 18, 2022.

Pope Francis: Follow St. Paul’s wisdom when using tech to spread the Gospel

Jun 18, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The pope also warned about “disinformation” in today’s media environment. Read more

Pope Francis during his general audience in Paul VI Hall on January 26, 2022.

Pope Francis’ Lenten message: Addiction to digital media can hurt human relationships

Feb 24, 2022

By Courtney Mares

"May the corporal fasting to which Lent calls us fortify our spirit for the battle against sin,” Pope Francis said. Read more

Photo courtesy of the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey.

Norbertines launch digital library from their California abbey

Nov 1, 2018

By Mary Farrow

On any typical weekend, the white cassock-clad priests of the Norbertine order from St. Michael’s Abbey in southern California preach... Read more

A newly married couple snaps a selfie with Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Feb. 4, 2015.

Francis tells youth to evangelize through the ‘digital world’

May 19, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sharing the Gospel with people at the peripheries might not even require stepping outside the door, Pope Francis said Saturday,... Read more

Study suggests teenage girls don't have tools to navigate pressure to sext

Jan 27, 2018

In a recent study, teenage girls were found to feel powerless when asked for a nude image of themselves from... Read more