{"id":11698,"date":"2026-09-02T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/nieuws\/from-radio-to-ai-the-catholic-church-in-a-technological-age\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:34:19","slug":"watch-summerschoollecture-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/nieuws\/watch-summerschoollecture-2026\/","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=\"11698\" class=\"elementor elementor-11698 elementor-11678\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1855a795 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1855a795\" 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-7636012f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7636012f\" 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-520f50bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"520f50bf\" 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-d7cc35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d7cc35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/wgMtLWYly-w&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30ad69 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e30ad69\" 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-6c9434df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c9434df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6047527c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6047527c\" 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\">Enchantment and disenchantment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4f005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce4f005\" 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>Vitullo argues that the Church&#8217;s language about technology moves in cycles of <em>enchantment<\/em> and <em>disenchantment<\/em>: technology is celebrated as a gift of God when it serves ethics and community, and challenged once it exceeds moral limits.<\/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-d8aca42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8aca42\" 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>That tension runs from <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em> (1891), through Laudato Si&#8217; 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