A thousand influencer missionaries (priests and monks) from all over the world will meet on 28-29 July in Rome at the invitation of the Vatican, in the first meeting dedicated to Catholic influencers.
Influencers spread “the word of God” by combining it with poetry or art, among other things, a trend brought to the Church a few months before Pope Francis died, even making it a priority for the Church a few months before they died.
A typical case is Father Cosimo Schena, who posts spiritual poems on social media and has 450,000 followers.
The meeting will be part of the Jubilee, which is called every 25 or 50 years by the church for “blessing and forgiveness from God.”
Among the participants in the July 28-29 event will be Father Cosimo Schena, the priest of the Church of San Francesco in the city of Brindisi in southern Italy. He has become known as “the poet of God’s love” by posting spiritual poems on social media and has 450,000 followers.
Among the clergy expected to attend the anniversary event, which is aimed at Catholic youth, is Father Giuseppe Fusari, a tattooed priest at a church in the northern city of Brescia who “combines his passions” – art history and bodybuilding – to share God’s message.
Another expected participant, Stefano Maria Bordignon, a monk known online as FraStefano, uses YouTube to read and comment on the Gospel. “Following him is like going to Mass every day,” wrote the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
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