Bloggers today are doing work similar to essay writers like Chesterton, Belloc, perhaps on occasion Sheed and Ward too, though my only reading of them is long form. Never a hint of Pope Pius XI being envious of their influence. Very much on the contrary. So, if Prevost warns against content creators, he is not in continuity with his supposed predecessor Pius XI.
WE REACHED A NEW LOW!!!
Metatron | 1 March 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ji7qZufGg
2:23* I'm very sorry, while I do not consider Prevost as Pope, I was prepared to say "a broken clock is right twice a day" for the occasion. Wrong.
No to homilies prepared with Artificial Intelligence
Pretty correct. I'd except translating three word phrases** with for instance Google translate if you are adressing someone (sermon or blog post) in a language you don't fully master, but that's miles from using ChatGPT to write a sermon.
BUT
The deceptions of the internet
I'm worried.
In this regard, “a life of prayer” is fundamental—not merely “the routine of reciting the breviary as quickly as possible,” but “time spent with the Lord,” the Pope explained.
For anyone who's actually primarily an Apostle in some sense, I'd agree.
As he's adressing people supposed to be Catholic priests, no problem so far.
With a “life authentically rooted in the Lord,” one can offer something different, he explained, adding that often “an illusion on the internet, on TikTok,” is to think one is offering oneself and gaining ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ in that way.
Latet anguis in herba, right?
This is a huge topos about a problem that might be marginal, and at least is so in my consumption of other content providers. Metatron, Shoe, Creation Ministries International, Shameless Popery, Dimond Brothers, none of these strike me as out there primarily to gain likes.
This huge topos is also very unfairly targetting content providers. While he mentions TikTok, the actual scope is larger.
* Metatron is referring to this article:
Pope in dialogue with Rome's priests: Be friends, beware of envy and the internet
By Salvatore Cernuzio | 20 February 2026, 14:27
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-02/pope-dialogue-priests-rome-young-people-internet-prayer-study.html
** Like I do when writing Spanish: Génesis 1—11: tipo de texto · Génesis — la epistemología · Génesis — más sobre la epistemología
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