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World Communications Day to call for responsible tech use

10/08/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, the subject of dozens of “deepfake” videos, has chosen “Preserving human voices and faces” as the theme for the Catholic Church’s celebration of World Communications Day in 2026. The Dicastery for Communication announced the theme Sept. 29. Just two weeks after his election in […]

Filed Under: OSV News Tagged With: artificial intelligence, deepfake, Dicastery for Communication, Pope Leo XIV, World Communications Day

Sherry Hayes-Peirce: Learning how to evangelize, not indoctrinate, in digital age

08/27/2025 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

Catholic social tips It’s been about a month since I attended the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers in Rome, hosted by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. The event garnered worldwide attention, and officials along with Pope Leo XIV shared insights with over 1,000 attendees who traveled from across the globe to learn about […]

Filed Under: Columns, Commentary Tagged With: Catholic Social Tips, Dicastery for Communication, Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, Sherry Hayes-Peirce

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