Catholic influencers or digital missionaries? Bringing the synod to the internet

As a young adult, José Manuel de Urquidi had a lot of questions
about faith but couldn’t find satisfying answers. He went to law
school, opened a craft brewery and started a family, but it wasn’t
until he started podcasting that he found his purpose as a digital
missionary. José is a voting member in the synod on synodality at
the Vatican this month and his advocacy for evangelizing–or rather
listening–in digital spaces is turning heads. Leading up to the
synod, he worked closely with the synod secretariat to get the word
out on dozens of digital platforms. The result is the digital synod
“continental” document, which centers previously unheard voices of
those who are or feel excluded from the traditional structures of
the Church. In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac break open the
final thematic module of the synod that’s currently being
discussed: Participation, governance and authority.  Links
Synod Diary: Will the synod change its members? Synod cardinal from
Brazil: In the Amazon ‘everyone votes, except the bishop’ The
digital synod continental document What’s on Tap? Lokita Mezcal
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