Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church’s secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect a new pope. More than 1.3 million tweets have been published on X ...

The 29-year-old nun, whose secular name is Albertine Debacker, is one of hundreds of Catholic influencers in Rome for a Vatican-organised social media summit this week.

Even social media users without any religious beliefs weighed in with their choices for the next pope. One video from an atheist TikToker wishing that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle would emerge the ...

The Vatican's engagement with social media began under Benedict XVI on Dec. 12, 2012, when the @Pontifex account was launched. It marked a historic step for the church's communication strategy ...

The 29-year-old nun, whose secular name is Albertine Debacker, is one of hundreds of Catholic influencers in Rome for a Vatican-organised social media summit this week.

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect a new pope, animating users from the White House on down. More than 1.3 ...

Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online. The 29-year-old nun, whose ...

Vatican embraces social media 'digital missionaries' Lisa DUSO, Madeleine DE BLIC AFP 42 mins ago 1 of 3 Pope Leo XIV led the Vatican's first mass for Catholic social media influencers ...

The 29-year-old nun, whose secular name is Albertine Debacker, is one of hundreds of Catholic influencers in Rome for a Vatican-organised social media summit this week.

Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online. The 29-year-old nun, whose ...

Vatican Embraces Social Media 'Digital Missionaries' By Lisa DUSO, Madeleine DE BLIC July 30, 2025, 10:42 pm EDT Share ...