Social media evangelists urged to be faithful to Gospel teachings

THE success or failure of a social media evangelist is not measured by the popularity of his social network account but by his fidelity to the teachings of the Gospel, a Church official said.

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Speaking to some 400 participants at the second day of the Catholic Social Media Summit in Marikina, CBCP Media director Msgr. Pedro Quitorio pointed out that the number of hits, visits or likes a person gets in his social media account does not determine his success as an evangelizer.

Rather, it is his faithfulness to the Word of God and the teachings of the Church that serve as a beacon for his success, Quitorio said.

He said the Catholic social media has a bias – and its bias should be for the truth, for justice and for life.

Quitorio urged everyone to go beyond the personal dimension of using the social media and transform the means “in pursuit of the salvations of souls.”

“If other people can use it for other purposes, why can’t we use it for evangelization,” he said, adding that as baptized persons, everyone is an evangelizer of the word.

He also stressed that social media can be used as an advocate for social transformation especially now that the Church is gearing to celebrate the 500th year of Christianity in 2021. (CBCPNews)