Pope Leo XIV has written to the Catholic community worldwide, encouraging them to integrate a newly launched video widget from Vatican News into the official websites of dioceses, parishes, and Catholic institutions. The tool is designed to automatically display the most recent news and video content concerning the Pope and the Holy See.
This initiative by Vatican News is a tool for evangelisation, offering an opportunity to create a network and exchange gifts between Rome and the Church in your country. It is a way for your parishes and communities to constantly obtain information from the primary source.
In Christ,
Leo XIV
This feature allows dioceses, parishes, Catholic organisations, and Church-affiliated bodies to seamlessly include up-to-date video content and news reports regarding the Holy Father and the Holy See on their official websites, free of charge.
Visitors accessing diocesan, parish and other Catholic websites via desktop, tablet, or smartphone devices will receive continuous updates on the magisterium and activities of the Bishop of Rome. Content relating to the Pope can also be shared on social media platforms in multiple languages.
“It would be important for the video widget to be widely distributed across as many websites as possible, to emphasise the link with the Bishop of Rome,” said Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, in a letter attached to the Pope’s note, adding that it is also “a useful tool for evangelisation.”
“The spread of this new tool,” said Andrea Tornielli, Editorial Director of the Dicastery for Communication, “can serve to allow immediate access to the original source of news and texts, as emphasised by the Holy Father in the note with which he wished to support this new initiative.”