{"id":67540,"date":"2025-12-04T02:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=67540"},"modified":"2025-12-04T02:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:20:54","slug":"influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-catholic-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/influencer-son-of-evangelical-pastors-shares-how-he-embraced-the-catholic-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0421\u044b\u043d \u0435\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432, \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0438\u043d\u0444\u043b\u044e\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0435\u0440\u043e\u043c, \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043e\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u044f\u043b \u043a\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0443\u044e \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0443"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jonatan Medina, son of evangelical pastors, shares how he converted to the Catholic faith. \/ Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 26, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Jonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith, but he did so five years ago after a long and intense spiritual journey.Now, with clearer ideas about the faith, the young Peruvian has become a defender of Catholic\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonatan Medina, son of evangelical pastors, shares how he converted to the Catholic faith. \/ Credit: EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 26, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). Jonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith, but he did so five years ago after a long and intense spiritual journey.Now, with clearer ideas about the faith, the young Peruvian has become a defender of Catholic\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":71079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-67540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97034,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/brazils-catholic-youth-want-more-doctrine-a-reverent-liturgy-and-less-politics-survey-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":67540,"position":0},"title":"Brazil\u2019s Catholic youth want more doctrine, a reverent liturgy, and less politics, survey finds","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"22 \u0438\u044e\u043b\u044f, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Young Catholics in Brazil are thirsting for more formation about the Church and say there is an excessive emphasis on sociopolitical issues, according to the National Survey on Youth Evangelization, which interviewed over 11,000 people across Brazil in 2025. 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