Paolo Curtaz
,
Rosy Russo
The Church Listens to You: Digital Missionaries Introduce Themselves
I missionari digitali si presentano
1st edition October 2025
Series
PAROLE PER LO SPIRITO
Size 13,5 x 21 cm
Number of pages 224
CDU
226Q 411
ISBN/EAN
9788892248953
The Church Listens to You: Digital Missionaries Introduce Themselves
by Paolo Curtaz & Rosy Russo
While about 65% of the world’s population is connected and present on social media, more than three thousand digital missionaries have taken up an unprecedented challenge: to inhabit virtual spaces in order to proclaim the Gospel and to listen, where life today is being shared.
This volume gives voice to some of them—lay people, religious, and priests—protagonists of a new form of evangelization that arises from below, is nourished by authenticity, and intertwines with the synodal paths of the Church.
Who are these women and men who speak about God on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube? What language do they use? What wounds do they encounter? What dreams do they cultivate for the Church?
Inspired by the exhortation of Pope Francis to bring the Gospel to “todos, todos, todos,” digital missionaries do not chase followers but seek faces.
Beginning from the experience of “The Church Listens to You,” born on the occasion of the Synod, these pages gather testimonies that show how the digital world is not only a means, but a real place to inhabit today with closeness and faith.
Because even in the age of algorithms, the mission remains the same: to walk together, to listen to everyone, to proclaim God with understandable words and gestures of love. And to witness how, even in feeds and chats, a living, welcoming, and human Church can blossom.
Paolo Curtaz has a background in theology and is the author of over sixty essays on spirituality for various publishers, translated into multiple languages. His research combines personal meditation on the Word and encounters with thousands of people, believers and non-believers alike, every year during conferences and pilgrimages, online (paolocurtaz.it; tiraccontolaparola.it), on social media and webinars (passaparola.org). Over the years, his journey “alongside the Word” has become a real space for dialogue and discussion with readers, seeking a credible way to bring the story of Jesus and the mystery of Christ closer to today's world.
Rosy Russo is a communications consultant, trainer and social entrepreneur. In 2016, she founded the association “Parole O_Stili”, promoting the Manifesto of Non-Hostile Communication to raise awareness of the conscious use of language online. She is also the creator of “MiAssumo”, a digital platform for youth guidance, and founder of the communications agency “Spaziouau”. In 2021, she was named an Ashoka Fellow for her commitment to social innovation.