On Evangelization on the Internet

"The digital world is the richest, most challenging and limitless territory for evangelization ever devised, but Catholic communicators must be professional, creative and empathetic to realize its full potential.

"That was the view of speakers at a July 6 Catholic Digital Communications Conference at Jesuit-run Fordham University.

"They examined myriad ways to use social media and the internet to spread the faith to nonbelievers and help believers grow in their understanding and practice.

"Digital communicators have the privilege to be missionaries and evangelists, according to Elizabeth Scalia, editor-in-chief of the Catholic online magazine Aleteia.org. 'The internet is the place where everyone thinks they already know everything,' she said. Proselytizing is folly and the most successful missionary efforts are those most like Christ incarnate, where the evangelist is fully present to others, 'even when the presence is so strangely virtual and textual,' Scalia said.

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The Pilot: Church urged to 'feed the sheep where they are' -- on the internet. (8 JUL 16)