

From the sacred lands of Israel to the beating heart of Uganda from the glorious shrines of Italy, France, and Spain to the streets of Mexico, Kolkata, and New York the fullness of Catholicism is revealed. The series is illuminated by the spiritual and artistic treasures of Catholic culture and more than one billion of Earth's people. Guided by Bishop Robert Barron, the Series is a journey around the world with visits to more than 50 locations over 15 countries. The Catholicism Series is a groundbreaking, award-winning video documentary series that explores the cultural, spiritual, and historical elements of Catholicism in breathtaking, high-definition cinematography, the beauty, goodness and truth of the Catholic Faith are illustrated via a rich, multimedia experience. The website Church Militant was critical of the series.You are invited to join a two part series of screenings with selected episodes from The Catholicism Series by Bishop Robert Barron. The series has received numerous praises by figures like papal biographer George Weigel, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Cardinal Francis George for its effort in pursuing the new evangelization in the modern world. Offered on DVD, the series was also broadcast on PBS stations, prompting PBS's ombudsmen to issue a statement clarifying to the public that it was neither distributed by PBS nor produced using PBS funding, the latter of which was expressed as a concern by PBS viewers. In 2011, Word on Fire published Catholicism, a ten-part video documentary series that explores the cultural, spiritual, and historical elements of Catholicism. In addition to this, Word on Fire distributes spiritual media as DVDs and books for individual and group study. Barron eventually expanded to online distribution through social media, and is active with distributing videos on YouTube. Initially Barron worked through radio, and television, hosting the Word on Fire radio show on Relevant Radio and the Word on Fire with Father Barron television show on WGN America. It rose to prominence through Barron's work as a priest engaging with new media, and has been noted as an effective model for sharing information about Catholicism to the public.

Word on Fire is a Catholic media organization founded by Bishop Robert Barron that uses digital and traditional media to introduce Catholicism to the broader world. Non-profit Catholic new media organization
