A Jesuit priest is using the Mojang phenomenon to transmit the Catholic religion to the new generations in a playful way.
Minecraft has received a server based on the Vatican with the intention of connecting the new generations with the Catholic religion. The Jesuit priest Robert Ballecer, convinced of the possibilities of the successful video game of Mojang, internal study of Microsoft, has made official this space of reflection and translation of religious values to an environment like this.
Father Ballecer has talked with Rome Reports about it, an interview that is also included in the video that we attach in the news. Last September, the priest made use of the social network Twitter to issue a message to the new generations of believers, who in many cases are also fans of the video game, where he asked which video game was more optimal to establish an official Vatican server . The candidate games were the following: Minecraft, Team Fortress 2, Rust and ARK. The winner was the title protagonist today, while the following titles received minor support, in the same respective order. The superiority of the first was 64% of the support.
Ballecer wants to create a space where relationships are forged, a less toxic community where there is room for links between players and the Christian faith. After the interview, American media such as VG247 have echoed the information, considered by the priest as a call to “the trolls,” to “sow chaos,” aware of the satire that will take back this movement, which is not joke.
It remains to wait to see if the approval of that exclusive Vatican server reaches the official Mojang servers or not.
Ok … I want to spin up a few servers in the Vatican for gamers who want a little less "toxic" and a bit more community.
What should be my first server?
– Br. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) August 31, 2019
Minecraft currently has about 112 million active users per month, an almost unprecedented amount. In fact, since last May it is the best-selling individual title of all time with more than 176 million copies adding up all its versions. The future of intellectual property now goes through Minecraft Dungeons, which you can learn about our impressions here.
Via | PC Gamer; VG247; Rome Reports
