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Pope Leo XIV reminds digital influencers of the need to remain human online

Pope Leo XIV received a rock star's welcome at the Vatican's festival of Catholic influencers on Tuesday and thanked them for using their digital platform to promote Catholicism. But he told them to ensure that online culture remains human,

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00:00Pope Leo XIV received a rock star's welcome at the Vatican's Festival of Catholic Influencers on Tuesday,
00:07a gathering of priests, nuns and ordinary faithful who use their social media presence to preach and teach the faith.
00:16Leo thanked the crowd for using their digital platforms to help promote Catholicism,
00:21but warned them about neglecting human relationships in the quest for cliques.
00:26There is a second challenge in this mission.
00:31Always look for the suffering flesh of Christ.
00:36Today we find ourselves in a new culture, deeply characterized and formed by technology.
00:44It is up to us, it's up to each one of you, to ensure that this culture remains human.
00:52But nothing that comes from man and his creativity should be used to undermine the dignity of others.
01:02Your mission is to nurture a culture of Christian humanism.
01:08We have a duty to work together to develop a way of thinking.
01:13It is not simply a matter of generating content, but of creating an encounter of hearts.
01:22Leo has said that addressing the threat to humanity posed by artificial intelligence will be a priority of his pontificate.
01:29The digital missionaries are in Rome as part of the Vatican's week-long jubilee for young people.
01:35Canada.
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