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Benoît Gélébart is one of a thousand people who gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Missionaries of the Digital World and Catholic Influencers. With his friend Thibault Pfeffer, who stayed in France, this young media star shares his thoughts on evangelization on his YouTube channel, Two Disciples, which has more than 17,000 followers. Invited to join Catholic content creators for the event, he was delighted to discover how his fellow Catholics from all nations communicate the joy of the Gospel on social media.
Gélébart had the chance to meet Pope Francis a few years ago and hopes to be able to greet Leo XIV. He has a proposal for him.
A proposal for the 21st century
The YouTuber has a big dream that he hopes to realize: to initiate the first apostolic journey of a pope ... on the Internet.
“Just as he is going to Belgium and Thailand to meet the faithful in those countries, we feel that there’s a need for the Pope to be present on the Internet,” he explains.
In this way, he would reach young people who use the various existing networks on a daily basis.
“It would be a great message for the world,” says the enthusiastic young man, comparing the event to “World Youth Day on the internet.”
“It wouldn't replace World Youth Day or any other type of gathering,” he emphasizes, but “it would complement the in-person meetings that are so important.”
“It would conclude with a big live event where we could imagine a question-and-answer session on Twitch or YouTube ...”
And what would this unprecedented apostolic journey look like?
"Everything still has to be decided, but just as the Pope meets with religious leaders, priests, and the poor when he visits a country, we could imagine similar encounters over three days, but on the Internet.
"He would meet Internet missionaries, but also victims of the Internet, such as victims of pornography. And it would conclude with a big live event in which the Pope would deliver a powerful message, and where we could imagine a question-and-answer session, for example on Twitch or YouTube..."
Gélébart hopes to find support for his project in Rome and expects to see it evolve. The main thing is “to bring the Pope to the internet so that he can show that this continent needs to be evangelized today and that the Church must be there for everyone,” says the young man.
