Papa urges to preserve human voices and faces on the subject of for the 60th World Communications Day

The Pope has chosen as the topic for the 60th World Day of Social Communications, which will be held in May 2026, “preserve human voices and faces.”

In the explanation of this choice of the pontiff that has disseminated the dicas supplies for the communication of the Vatican reflects on the challenges and opportunities of communication in the digital era and of artificial intelligence (AI).

The message emphasizes that in current communicative ecosystems, “technology influences interactions as never before: from the algorithms that select the contents in the feeds of news to artificial intelligence that writes complete texts and conversations. ”

It is also observed that humanity today has unthinkable possibilities only a few years ago, but warns that, although these tools offer efficiency and scope, “they cannot replace the exclusively human capacities of empathy, ethics and moral responsibility.”

In addition, the Dicasterio for Communication insists that “public communication requires human judgment, not only data patterns,” and states that the real challenge is to ensure that humanity remains “the guide agent.”

According to the message, “the future of communication must be one where the machines are tools at the service and the connection of human life, and not forces that erosion the human voice.”

Attractive, misleading content

At the same time, the Vatican alerts about the risks of artificial intelligence, which can generate “attractive, misleading, manipulative and harmful content, replicate prejudices and stereotypes present in training data and amplify disinformation by simulation of human voices and faces.”

It also emphasizes that AI “can invade the privacy and intimacy of people without their consent” and that an excessive dependence of this technology “weakens critical thinking and creative skills, while the monopolistic control of these systems generates concerns about the centralization of power and inequalities.”

In this context, the papal message proposes the introduction of media literacy in educational systems and, even, literacy in artificial media and intelligence (mail).

The dicas supplies for communication concludes that “as Catholics, we can and must give our contribution, so that people – especially young people – acquire the ability to think critically and grow in the freedom of the spirit.”

With the choice of this issue, the Pontiff invites the entire community to reflect on how to maintain the centrality of the person in a world where advanced technologies transform communication and social interaction, always preserving “human voices and faces” that define us as ethical and responsible beings.