Updated Articles

  1. Release Notes (last updated 11/4/2026)

    November 2026 FIRST COMMENT ON YOUR OWN POST As you all know by now, Meta's proposed link limitations as they roll out Meta One are slowly affecting Facebook Pages. To help, we expedited the "first comment" feature. This en...
  2.  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.
  3.  How to Publish the First Comment Alongside Your Post

    Learn how to add a link or text to the first comment and publish it automatically alongside your post in Catholic Social Media.
  4.  How to share content, events, and resources with your diocese and other parishes (for parishes/schools)

    Learn how parishes and schools can share posts, events, and resources with their diocese and other parishes in Catholic Social Media.
  5.  How to manage parish-to-parish and parish-to-diocese sharing (for dioceses)

    Learn how dioceses can enable parish sharing, manage notifications, and review submitted posts, events, and resources for wider distribution.
  6.  How to create custom captions by platform (for dioceses and third-party content creators)

    Learn how to create custom social media captions by platform in Catholic Social Media using a base caption, platform-specific edits, validation, drafts, and publishing.
  7.  How to create custom captions by platform (for parishes and schools)

    Learn how parishes and schools can create custom captions by platform in Catholic Social Media for Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and connected pages.
  8. 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 ...
  9.  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.
  10.  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.