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Vatican investigates papal “like” of barely-clad Brazilian

Nov 21, 2020

The Vatican is investigating how Pope Francis’s official Instagram account “liked” a photo of a scantily-clad Brazilian model.

By Associated Press

Explaining Scripture, Venezuelan priest becomes social media sensation

Oct 21, 2019

Understanding the Bible can be challenging, but Catholics in Venezuela are becoming more familiar with Scripture through the work of a tech-savvy friar.

By Manuel Rueda

Official explains Vatican media strategy: Let the pope be himself

Jun 14, 2018

To be “successful” on social media, Pope Francis only has to be himself; gimmicks aren’t necessary, a Vatican official told Catholic communicators.

By Cindy Wooden

Vatican communications see new growth after rebranding

Jan 9, 2018

After the recent rebranding and consolidation of the Vatican’s various media outlets, their different platforms have now reached a total of more than 4 million followers, who receive their daily papal news with a fresh logo.

By Elise Harris, CNA

Pope tops 40 million followers on Twitter, 5 million on Instagram

Oct 11, 2017

Monsignor Dario Viganò, the head of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, says Pope Francis takes great care of his social profiles, “to such an extent that he closely and carefully checks all the tweets, which are then published.” The pope knows, he said, that the web is “a network not of wires but of people.”

By Matt Fowler

Make way for the Gospel: Vatican ensures media give the message

Mar 25, 2017

The Vatican is keeping close watch of its social media accounts, to analyse what people are reading, and what they are interested in. Although it is counting “likes,” those statistics are not the key factor in determining success.

By Cindy Wooden