Pope Francis is dedicating the month of November to praying “that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind.”

In his video message, he explains that “robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good.” He notes that “if technological progress increases inequalities, it is not true progress.”

Pope Francis emphasizes that technological progress “should be oriented towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation.”

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Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the epochal change we are experiencing… Read more »

UNESCO’s International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying is observed on the first Thursday of November. 

The First International Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying is being marked on Thursday.  UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – established the annual day at its 40th General Conference in November 2019, recognizing that bullying in schools and cyberbullying is an infringement of children’s and adolescents’ rights to education and to health and well-being. 

The day will be observed on the first Thursday of November each year… Read more »

The Archbishop’s Curia was awarded the Equality Mark by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE).

The Equality Mark has been awarded to the Archbishop’s Curia due to its commitment to implement relevant gender equality policies and practices and family-friendly measures both as an employer as well as a service provider.

Mr Michael Pace Ross said that the Archbishop’s Curia aims to promote a supportive and inclusive culture for all its employees, stakeholders, service users, and the general public… Read more »

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

On this solemn Feast of All Saints, the Church invites us to reflect on the great hope, the great hope that is based on Christ’s resurrection: Christ is risen and we will also be with Him, we will be with Him. The Saints and Blesseds are the most authoritative witnesses of Christian hope, because they lived it fully in their lives, amidst joys and sufferings, putting into practice the Beatitudes that Jesus preached and which resound in the Liturgy (see Mt 5:1-12a)… Read more »

In recent days, some affirmations contained in the documentary “Francis,” of screenwriter Evgeny Afineevsky, have triggered different reactions and interpretations. Therefore, some useful elements are offered, with the desire to foster a correct understanding of the Holy Father’s words.

Over a year ago, during an interview, Pope Francis responded to two different questions in two different moments that, in the mentioned documentary, were edited and published as only one answer, without the due contextualization, which has generated confusion… Read more »

At least 140 migrants aboard a ship headed towards Europe drowned off the Senegalese coast marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Thursday.

The vessel, bound for Spain’s Canary Islands, reportedly caught fire a few hours after departing the western Senegalese coastal town of Mbour on Saturday before capsizing on the country’s northwest coast, near Saint-Louis… Read more »

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