The Vatican finalized Pope Francis’ tour of Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia in January 2015. Aleteia's @popeishope Digital Street Team had been preparing for his visit weeks before his arrival. Our Video Team didn’t commit to this video until the morning he arrived in DC. Sure, we liked the story of these social media-savvy Millennials using the pope’s visit to demonstrate how #GoodIsWinning. But we found ourselves dwelling on the reasons not to get involved. It was a last-minute decision and we were short on manpower. Access would be a pain. Navigating the pope’s itinerary would be a nightmare. It also didn’t help I’m not at all religious and don’t always mesh with the personalities these sorts of events tend to attract. One thing that kept us from saying “no” was this cheesy, inexcusable feeling this was once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.* That night, we found ourselves in DC sitting with a dozen Digital Street Team members as they finalized their plan of attack. Sure enough, one was a priest, making him the first priest I’ve ever met below the age of 60. A Millennial priest. He corrected me: At 34, he technically fell outside the Millennial threshold but joked no one had to know that little detail. And it really did feel like a little detail as we watched him tweet bytes about the pope to his almost 33,000 followers (about 32,900 more than myself). Visit Elite Daily to read this article in its entirety. http://elitedaily.com/news/pope-digital-street-team/1236916/ Subscribe now for more videos from Elite Daily: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=elitedaily Check out more INSIGHTS from Elite Daily: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidTvIp4b7EF2_A6DCUgVugXWzJxovCBW Special thanks for photos and videos provided by the Digital Street Team! Branden Harvey - @brandenharvey Amie Kiehn - @amiekiehn Bailey Benson - @heybails24 Kelsey McManus - @mcmanuskelsey Krista Jasso - @kristadestinee Bethany Johnson - @seebethtravel Bridgette Reilly - @okib13 Anonymous - @comcatholicgrl Connor Dwyer - @connortd Daniela Sinner - @djsinner Father Matthew Schneider - @FrMatthewLC James Ramos - @plusjames Marianna Eboli - @marieboli Yonathan Moya - @yonathanmoya Cassie Sadie - @cassopatra Producer: Shawn Hazelett Camera: Kevin Losani Editor: Kevin Losani Assistant Editor: Belinda Rao Motion Graphics: Oliver Dudman Animation: Sergio Calderon Voice Over: Kelley Lord Senior Producer: Kevin Losani Music Courtesy of Extreme Music: "Vatican" Written by Charles Francois Gounod "Drum & Drum" Written by Nick Cash and Giles Perring "Less is More" Written by Simon Steadman, Charlton Pettus, Billie Ray Fingers and Bruce Fingers http://www.elitedaily.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EliteDaily/videos?ref=page_internal Twitter: http://twitter.com/EliteDaily Instagram: http://instagram.com/elitedaily G+: https://plus.google.com/+elitedaily What is Elite Daily? We proclaim ourselves to be the voice of Generation-Y and never disappoint. As the premier online destination for aspiring men and women alike, Elite offers a forum of peer-to-peer interaction in an increasingly digitalized world. The site consistently delivers diverse content with a fresh, relevant voice that appeals to the divergent perspectives represented within our ADD generation. For all video inquires contact: VideoContact @ elitedaily.com http://www.youtube.com/elitedaily

• published: 07 Oct 2015
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