Francisco Javier Bronchalo, popularly known as Father Patxi Bronchalo, is currently in Mexico, where he will deliver a series of lectures. He states this in an interview with the Catholic News Agency. In the conversation, the priest makes it clear, with naturalness and firmness, that he does not like being called an “influencer”, a term he rejects due to the connotations of vanity and self-promotion it usually carries. He prefers to present himself simply as an ordinary priest who uses social media as one more tool of his ministry, without these ever replacing what is essential: parish life, the sacraments, and the personal encounter with Christ.
The interview, available on the ACN YouTube channel, offers a close and in-depth look at the mission of this Spanish priest who combines ordinary parish ministry with an intense work of evangelization through social media and the written word.
Ordained in 2013 for the Diocese of Getafe, Father Bronchalo currently serves as parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Butarque, in southern Madrid, and as chaplain of Carlos III University. His trajectory is marked by close accompaniment of young people and a pastoral style that seeks to make the Gospel present in everyday settings. He is the author of several books that have gained notable circulation in the Spanish-speaking world, including Saints or Nothing, Love Does Not End (on courtship and marriage), A Path to Set Us All Free, and Praying as Jesus Taught Us. Through these works and his digital presence —with the profile @FJBronchalo on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube— he has reached tens of thousands of people, always insisting that social media are a means at the service of the mission and never an end in themselves.
The tour that brings him to Mexico will take place between July 20 and 30, 2026. Organized in collaboration with distributors of his books and various ecclesial initiatives, the priest is visiting parish communities and offering talks and conferences in Mexico City, Xalapa, Zacatecas, and other locations. The stated goal is simple yet demanding: to share the faith directly, preach hope, and strengthen parish life through Eucharistic adoration, the proper celebration of the liturgy, and preaching that does not shy away from the difficulties of the present moment.
In the conversation with the Catholic News Agency, Father Bronchalo addresses with frankness the challenges of digital evangelization: the risk of falling into narcissism or seeking applause, the fragmentation caused by algorithms, and the need to maintain a solid spiritual life that anchors the ministry in prayer, the Mass, and priestly fraternity. He also contrasts the situation of many European parishes —marked by individualism and a decline in religious practice— with the community vitality and warmth he perceives in Mexico. He emphasizes that the Church is not called to compete in the field of entertainment, but to offer what no one else can give: Christ himself.
The interview is, therefore, more than a portrait of a priest with a strong media presence. It is an invitation to reflect on how to live the faith with radicality in a world saturated with stimuli, how to recover the sense of the parish as the home of the community, and how to put digital tools at the service of the truth without losing sight of what is essential. Those who wish to delve deeper into these questions will find in the dialogue a clear, serene, and deeply ecclesial voice.
The full interview can be viewed at: