{"id":11277,"date":"2026-06-11T11:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/evenementen\/from-radio-to-ai-the-catholic-church-in-a-technological-age\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:52:25","slug":"summerschool-lecture-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/events\/summerschool-lecture-26\/","title":{"rendered":"From Radio to AI: The Catholic Church in a Technological Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11277\" class=\"elementor elementor-11277 elementor-11226\" data-elementor-post-type=\"event\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316fdf32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"316fdf32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1e901 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc1e901\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cea7771 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4cea7771\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:152,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad411b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dad411b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Challenges in the Catholic Church's Approach to Technological Innovation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c3e0206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c3e0206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How can we interpret the encyclical <em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em> today, in light of more than a century of evolving relations between the Catholic Church and technological innovation?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a8853c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61a8853c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b052db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53b052db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329ae69a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"329ae69a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Balance between openness and rejection<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f43e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29f43e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This lecture traces the long and nuanced engagement between the Catholic Church and communication technologies \u2014 from the arrival of radio and mass media to today&#8217;s digital platforms and artificial intelligence systems. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f94a38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f94a38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rather than swinging between uncritical enthusiasm and outright rejection, the Church has historically sought to balance openness to innovation with attention to its ethical, social, and spiritual implications. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db92c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db92c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Catholic reflection on technology has consistently returned to the centrality of human dignity, responsibility, and the common good.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ddf94e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ddf94e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec25e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec25e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Franciscus, Leo XIV and the <i>Magnifica Humanitas<\/i><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed1211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eed1211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Vitullo will give particular attention to the pontificate of Pope Francis, whose leadership fostered a more pragmatic and dialogical approach to digital culture, and to the ways in which this approach has shaped the emerging vision of Pope Leo XIV as articulated in <em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffbdba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ffbdba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This document places artificial intelligence at the centre of contemporary ethical reflection, raising pressing questions about human agency, creativity, freedom, and flourishing in an increasingly automated world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408aeec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"408aeec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3bd452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3bd452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tradition as a compass<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0491b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0491b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By tracing both continuity and change in Catholic approaches to technological innovation, the lecture shows how current debates on AI form part of a much longer tradition of theological and ethical engagement with media technologies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19907c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19907c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Furthermore, the lecture will explore what intellectual and moral resources that tradition might offer for addressing the challenges posed by emerging forms of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29aec95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29aec95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3800ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3800ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practical information<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbee745 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbee745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The programme will be in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3f679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3f679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Registration is free and open to all. You can either join us in Antwerp or online via livestream.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c560956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c560956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4362d1d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4362d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">19:00  |  Doors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">19:30  |  Welcome &amp; introduction<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">19:35  |  Lecture by Alessandra Vitullo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">20:15  |  Q&amp;A<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">20:30  |  End of the programme<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38bec7c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38bec7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48011c3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48011c3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc1184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acc1184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-11-vitullo-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11268\" alt=\"Alessandra Vitullo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-11-vitullo-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-11-vitullo.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-618d832e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"618d832e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Alessandra Vitullo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a17f0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a17f0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alessandra Vitullo is a researcher and lecturer at Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches sociology of communication and migration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7242b9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7242b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She is the scientific coordinator of the Laboratory on Religions and Social Change at the SARAS Department, and co-director of the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Cultures at Texas A&#038;M University. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2c043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2c043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She is also a visiting scholar at the Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and has previously held research and teaching positions at the University of Milan Bicocca, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento), Uppsala University, and KU Leuven.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc8f0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efc8f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year, Professor Vitullo is joining the UCSIA Summer School faculty for the first time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c530134 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c530134\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f7126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2f7126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-121-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-121-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26-08-27-USS-public-121.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd7033b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dd7033b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the UCSIA Summer School<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7102e1d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7102e1d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This lecture is the public event of the UCSIA Summer School. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9adcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba9adcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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