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How the internet is saving the Catholic Church from self-destruction

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One of the most extraordinary phenoma of the last ten years has been the explosive growth of Catholic spirituality on the Internet in the form of podcasts and other broadcasts.

Thomas Casemore recently described the astonishing growth of religious podcasts in general and Catholic ones in particular in this magazine.

Most people won’t be aware of the extraordinary success that Fr. Mike Schmidt had when, in 2021, he provided the opportunity to read the Bible in a year via his “Ascension” app. It has since been downloaded over 700 million times. Its companion app, the Rosary in a year, achieved a million downloads within four days of its launch on January 1 2025.

Influential voices have begun to point the public’s attention to the Church in the quest for meaning and morals.

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You know if Paul the apostle came back to life and somebody went online and published his resurrection and exhorted people in every town and village all over the world to come and hear the servant of the most high God whose sermons pointed the way to salvation, most Christians in the church would be highly indignant if anybody implied that that promoter was possessed by Demons.

Acts 16:16-18 KJV
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: [17] The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. [18] And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Do you know that Christ prescribed a method for evangelisation?

Luke 10:3-7 KJV
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. [4] Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. [5] And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [6] And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. [7] And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Sitting down in a comfortable house with air-conditioning and heating and talking about your glorious church online seems like a great way to stumble a lot of people into believing that sitting down in your comfortable house with air-conditioning and heating and talking about their glorious churches online is a truly good work but it doesn’t seem like a narrow gate or a hard road to me.
 
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Johan2222 said:
You know if Paul the apostle came back to life and somebody went online and published his resurrection and exhorted people in every town and village all over the world to come and hear the servant of the most high God whose sermons pointed the way to salvation, most Christians in the church would be highly indignant if anybody implied that that promoter was possessed by Demons.

Acts 16:16-18 KJV
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: [17] The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. [18] And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Do you know that Christ prescribed a method for evangelisation?

Luke 10:3-7 KJV
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. [4] Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. [5] And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [6] And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. [7] And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Sitting down in a comfortable house with air-conditioning and heating and talking about your glorious church online seems like a great way to stumble a lot of people into believing that sitting down in your comfortable house with air-conditioning and heating and talking about their glorious churches online is a truly good work but it doesn’t seem like a narrow gate or a hard road to me.
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You are not allowed to teach in the Catholic forum.
 
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Michie said:
One of the most extraordinary phenoma of the last ten years has been the explosive growth of Catholic spirituality on the Internet in the form of podcasts and other broadcasts.

Thomas Casemore recently described the astonishing growth of religious podcasts in general and Catholic ones in particular in this magazine.

Most people won’t be aware of the extraordinary success that Fr. Mike Schmidt had when, in 2021, he provided the opportunity to read the Bible in a year via his “Ascension” app. It has since been downloaded over 700 million times. Its companion app, the Rosary in a year, achieved a million downloads within four days of its launch on January 1 2025.

Influential voices have begun to point the public’s attention to the Church in the quest for meaning and morals.

Continued below.
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How the internet is saving the Catholic Church from self-destruction

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In fact, voices from the laity have set out to do just that in the world of podcast.

Henry Weston from Life Site News has an audience of 69,000; Trent Horne (the Council of Trent) has 195,000; Matt Fradd, an outspoken Australian who has relocated to the USA, runs “Pints with Aquinas” and has an audience of 644,000. Bishop Barron has over 500,000 signed up to receive his daily email reflections, while Dr Taylor Marshall, a former Episcopalian clergyman turned Catholic author and commentator, has an audience of 1.2 million.

One could perhaps make an argument that if the Catholic Church wanted to practice a more diverse and inclusive conversation with itself, including the laity, then the process of Synodality is already happening online in the form of the Catholic podcasting world. Men and women, lay and clerical, conservative and progressive, have their audiences, which are growing.

There is something for almost every Catholic taste, from evangelisation and apologetics through to the Daily Office, as well as, of course, traditional Catholic journalism, such as that offered by the Catholic Herald.

When Mao Tse Tung recommended allowing a thousand flowers to bloom, little did he know that he would also be describing the outburst of Catholic spirituality on the internet.

I’m thankful for the true evangelization and learning taking place through the internet.
 
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Oh, sorry, forgive me. New here.
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No worries.

You can come and fellowship and discuss things outside our faith anytime unless you have respectful questions concerning our faith. Welcome. :)
 
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