The Vatican has announced a special Jubilee for digital missionaries and Catholic influencers, scheduled for July 28–29, 2025, as part of the Church’s broader Jubilee of Youth.
The initiative is being led by the Dicastery for Communication in response to directives from the Synod on Synodality.
The event aims to gather those involved in evangelization through digital platforms—both pastoral workers in online ministries and Catholic content creators who use social media to share values rooted in faith.
“This event is addressed to all those who, in diverse ways, contribute to the evangelizing mission in digital spaces,” said Dr. Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication.
It includes “those engaged directly in pastoral ministry in digital environments—accompanying, proclaiming, and creating spaces for encounter with the Gospel—and for Catholic influencers who, through their presence on social media, inspire others, build community, and transmit values rooted in Christian faith.”
The Synod’s final document called on the Church to prioritize its digital mission. “This reality finds us unprepared and requires the choice to dedicate resources so that the digital environment may be a prophetic place of mission and proclamation,” the document said.
“Local Churches should encourage, support, and accompany those who are engaged in mission in the digital environment,” it added.
The two-day event will open with sessions on formation and spiritual preparation, followed by a day focused on Jubilee celebrations, experience-sharing, and renewed missionary commitment.
According to the Dicastery, the program will include opportunities for “formation, prayer, communion, witness, and mutual exchange,” with the goal of “fostering unity among digital missionaries so that they may evangelize more effectively together and build bridges with Pastors, in service of an authentic ecclesial mission.”
Registration is now open through www.digitalismissio.org. Participants are expected to cover their own travel, accommodation, and event costs.
Dr. Ruffini expressed hope that the gathering would help the Church strengthen its missionary presence in digital culture.
Quoting Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural homily, he said, “With the light and strength of the Holy Spirit, let us build a Church founded on the love of God and a sign of unity, a missionary Church, that opens its arms to the world, that proclaims the Word, that allows itself to be unsettled by history…”
“We express our deep gratitude for the attention and pastoral concern with which you respond to the challenges posed by today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape,” the Prefect added.
