Updated Articles

  1. General Image and Video Guidelines

    Accepted File Types   Files must have a file type (extension), such as .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp, .gif, .mp4, .mov,  or .av i.   Only one video is allowed per post for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  Video URLs must be in an accepted video ...
  2. Release Notes (last updated 6/11/2026)

    June 2026 NEW SOCIAL PLATFORM: YOUTUBE As many of you have likely noticed, we added a new social media platform... YouTube! In our recent survey, YouTube was the obvious next most popular platform to add. ...
  3.  How to create YouTube-optimized video content (for dioceses and third-party content creators)

    Learn how dioceses and third-party content creators can create YouTube-optimized video content in Catholic Social Media for parishes and schools to schedule and publish.
  4.  How to Connect Your YouTube Channel and Schedule a Video Post (for parishes and schools)

    Learn how to connect your YouTube channel to Catholic Social Media and schedule video posts to YouTube, including YouTube Shorts and standard videos, from the Planner or Calendar.
  5.  How to create and use integrated events (for parishes and schools)

    Learn how parishes and schools can create integrated events in Catholic Social Media, attach posts and Resources, and use diocesan event notifications to find content and collateral.
  6.  How to Create Integrated Events and Notify Your Parishes and Schools

    Learn how dioceses can create integrated events in Catholic Social Media, attach social media posts and Resources, and notify parish and school users by email.
  7. How to create calendar events (for dioceses)

    Diocesan calendar events allow you to create, manage, and share important events with your parishes, schools, and organizations—all from inside Catholic Social Media. These events can be used for internal collaboration or published directly to paris...
  8. How to Create a Post for Third-Party Content Creators

    How to Create a Post as a Third-Party Content Creator You can now create and distribute posts in Catholic Social Media as a third-party content provider. These posts are designed for dioceses and their parishes to use, with built-in tools to ...
  9. How to Create a Post for Diocese

    How to Create a Post for Diocese You can now create diocesan posts in Catholic Social Media to share content with your parishes and schools. These posts are optimized for parish use and can be scheduled, tagged, and distributed to the right audie...
  10. How to Start and Create an Instagram Account

    Instagram is a great place to engage youth and I’m getting a lot more questions from parishes about it. First, this is a great place to start with creating an Instagram account. We also put together a video on tuning up your social media as a ...