He Pope Leo XIV He warned Tuesday that “human dignity runs the risk of being annihilated or forgotten, replaced by functions, automatisms and simulations” and that “The person is not a system of algorithms”in his speech before the Italian Episcopal Conference.
The American pontiff shared the “pastoral concerns” in a audience, among them The announcement and transmission of faith, the search for peace and the dangers of the Artificial intelligence (AI).
Currently “a renewed impulse is needed in the announcement and transmission of faith” to help people live a personal relationship with God because “in a time of great fragmentation, it is necessary to return to the foundations of our faith,” he said.
He also urged the representatives of the Church “To develop a pastoral approach on the theme of peace” and to be his “architects in the places of everyday life.”
1/14 | A brief, but dense homily: this was the first Mass of Pope Leo XIV. The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, second to the left, concelebrated his first Mass with the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican. – The Associated Press
He invited each diocese to “promote education courses in non -violence, mediation initiatives in local conflicts, reception projects that transform fear of the other into an opportunity for meeting” so that each Catholic community “becomes a peace house, where you learn to deactivate hostility through dialogue, where justice is practiced and forgiveness is safeguarded.”
Another of the Pope’s concerns, as shown in this beginning of pontificate on several occasions, is “artificial intelligence, biotechnology, data economy and social networks that are deeply transforming our perception and experience of life.”
“In this scenario, human dignity runs the risk of being annihilated or forgotten, replaced by functions, automatisms and simulations. But the person is not an algorithms system: it is a creature, a relationship, a mystery”he added.
He then recommended “cultivate the culture of dialogue” and that parishes “are spaces of intergenerational listening, confrontation with different worlds, care of words and relationships.”
Italian bishops also urged “making brave decisions” and “being close to people, sharing life, walking with the last and serving the poor.”