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LX JMCS: Custodiar voces y rostros humanos

Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano, Comisión Episcopal para la Pastoral de la Comunicación (CEPCOM) (2026), 39 pp.

"[...] este material nace justamente en el punto donde la Jornada Mundial de las Comunicaciones Sociales, la Sinodalidad y el Jubileo de la Pastoral de la Comunicación se encuentran y se iluminan mutuamente. Las tres realidades comparten un mismo propósito: custodiar la dignidad humana mediante un ... more

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Preserving Human Voices and Faces. Message of his Holiess Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communication

Leo XIV (Pope)

Vatican City: Holy See, January 24 (2026)

"The task laid before us is not to stop digital innovation, but rather to guide it and to be aware of its ambivalent nature. It is up to each of us to raise our voice in defense of human persons, so that we can truly assimilate these tools as allies. This alliance is possible, but needs to be based ... on three pillars: responsibility, cooperation and education. First of all, responsibility. Depending on the role we play, responsibility can be understood as honesty, transparency, courage, farsightedness, the duty of sharing knowledge or the right to be informed. As a general principle, however, no one can elude personal responsibility for the future we are building. For those at the helm of online platforms, this means ensuring that their business strategies are not guided solely by the criterion of profit maximization, but also by a forward-looking vision that considers the common good, just as each of them cares for the well-being of their own children. The creators and developers of AI models are invited to practice transparency and socially responsibility in regard to the design principles and moderation systems underlying their algorithms and the models they develop, in order to promote informed consent on the part of users. The same responsibility is also required of national legislators and supranational regulators, whose task it is to ensure respect for human dignity. Appropriate regulation can protect individuals from forming emotional attachments to chatbots and curb the spread of false, manipulative or misleading content, safeguarding the integrity of information as opposed to its deceptive simulation. [...] We are all called upon to cooperate. No sector can tackle the challenge of steering digital innovation and AI governance alone. Safeguards must therefore be put in place. All stakeholders — from the tech industry to legislators, from creative companies to academia, from artists to journalists and educators — must be involved in building and implementing informed and responsible digital citizenship. Education aims to do precisely this: To increase our personal ability to think critically; evaluate whether our sources are trustworthy and the possible interests behind selecting the information we have access to; to understand the psychological mechanisms involved; and to enable our families, communities and associations to develop practical criteria for a healthier and more responsible culture of communication. For this reason, it is increasingly urgent to introduce media, information and AI literacy into education systems at all levels, as already promoted by some civil institutions. As Catholics, we can and must contribute to this effort, so that individuals — especially young people — can acquire critical thinking skills and grow in freedom of spirit. This literacy should also be integrated into broader lifelong learning initiatives, reaching out to older adults and marginalized members of society, who often feel excluded and powerless in the face of rapid technological change. Media, information and AI literacy will help individuals avoid conforming to the anthropomorphizing tendencies of AI systems, and enable them to treat these systems as tools and always employ external validation of the sources provided by AI systems — which could be inaccurate or incorrect. Literacy will also allow for better privacy and data protection through increased awareness of security parameters and complaint options." (https://www.comunicazione.va/en/giornata-mondiale-comunicazioni-sociali/gmcs-2026/gmcs-2026-messaggio.html) more

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Subsídio pastoral para celebrar O Dia Mundial das Comunicações Sociais

Comissão Episcopal para Comunicação Social; Pastoral da Comunicação (Pascom Brasil) (2023), 48 pp.

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57 mensajes de las Jornadas Mundiales de las Comunicaciones Sociales: De Pablo VI a Francisco

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Salinas

Madrid: CEU Ediciones (2023), 146 pp.

"Un ámbito privilegiado para comprender la relación entre la Iglesia y los medios de comunicación son los mensajes para la Jornada Mundial de las Comunicaciones Sociales que los papas de la Iglesia católica, desde San Pablo VI hasta Francisco, han escrito en torno a la celebración de esa jornad ... more

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Una pastoral de la comunicación de y para la evangelización: Una aproximación a la propuesta comunicativa desde el Papa Francisco. El reto por una comunicación de cercanía

José Luis Aguirre Alvis

La Paz: Universidad Católica Boliviana, Servicio de Capacitación en Radio y Televisión para el Desarrollo (SECRAD) (2020), 23 pp.

"El Papa Francisco, contribuye directamente a señalar tanto las nociones básicas para una experiencia auténticamente comunicativa, describe los ambientes que gestan y nutren esta capacidad, especialmente desde el núcleo de la familia, así como recomienda el rumbo del desempeño profesional de l ... more

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Pope Francis' Messages for World Communication Day

Mario Knezovic, Iko Skoko, Davorka Topic Stipic

South Eastern European Journal of Communication, volume 2, issue 2 (2020), pp. 47-56

"Every year, on the occasion of World Communication Day, the Pope sends a special message. For the last six years, those messages focused on the current state of the communications and public relations, have been sent by the pope Francis. Already in 1957, when the pope Pius XII presented media as � ... more

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Os Papas da comunicação: Estudo sobre as mensagens do Dia Mundial das Comunicações

Helena Corazza, Joana T. Puntel

São Paulo: Paulinas; Paulinas, Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC) (2019), 166 pp.

"O objetivo desta publicação é contribuir para que sejam aprofundadas, numa visão integrada, as mensagens do Dia Mundial das Comunicações Sociais de 1967 a 2019. Para isso, as autoras fazem o percurso histórico dos caminhos da comunicação a partir do Concílio Vaticano II: a reflexão das 5 ... more

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La comunicazione al servizio di un’autentica cultura dell’incontro: Percorsi di comunicazione

Renato Butera, Claudia Caneva (eds.)

Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano (LAS) (2014), 215 pp.

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Church and Social Communication: Basic Documents, 1936-2014
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Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications, 3d ed. (2014), 639 pp.

"A reference work giving ready access to official Catholic thought on communication. It includes seventeen Vatican documents focusing on media and communication issues, all Pontifical messages for the World Communication Day since its inception in 1967, and communication-related excerpts from ninete ... more

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Mídias: Rede de comunicação, comunhão e cooperação

Patrícia Silva (org.)

São Paulo: Paulinas (2006), 29 pp.

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Dia mundial das comunicações sociais

Maria Alba Vega

São Paulo: Paulinas (2005), 70 pp.

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Church and Social Communication. Supplement I: Basic Documents 1998-2002

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2002), 96 pp.

"This book contains documents on communication of the Holy Father and the Pontifical Council for Social Communication from 1998-2002, each introduced and outlined by the editor for easy reference. Sections related to communication in other important documents like the Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia ... more

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