Father Heriberto García Arias with a group of young people. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Heriberto García Arias
Vatican City, Jul 23, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
InthecontextoftheJubileeofDigitalMissionariesandCatholicInfluencers,whichwillbeheldinRomeJuly28–29,MexicanpriestFatherHeribertoGarcíaArias,authoroftheupcomingSpanish-languagebook“DigitalMissionaries:InfluencersorWitnessesofChristToday?”,offeredareflectionontheroleofevangelizersonsocialmediaandtheimportanceoftheirpresenceinthedigitalenvironment.
Withmorethan2millionfollowersonhisTikTokaccount@heribertogarciaarandmorethan200,000onInstagram,theyoungpriestgaveaninterviewtotheSpanish-languagebroadcasteditionofEWTNNews,“EWTNNoticias,”fromtheEternalCityemphasizingthattheCatholicChurch“istakingveryimportantstepstobepresentthroughoutthedigitalcontext.”
ForFatherHeribertoGarcíaArias,thecelebrationoftheJubileeofDigitalMissionariesandCatholicInfluencers—whichalsocoincideswiththeJubileeofYouth—represents“officialrecognitionfromtheChurchofallt
