Leo XIV's UNESCO appeal puts children's judgment ahead of digital efficiency
At UNESCO, the Pope urged digital tools to protect young people's ability to think and form relationships, linking that appeal to dignity beyond productivity.
Pope Leo XIV used his UNESCO address to argue that children should not pay the price of digital progress through exploitation. In Paris on September 25, he urged technologies to support young people's education and relationships while preserving their ability to think and judge for themselves.
That appeal follows a broader challenge to measuring human worth through productivity. In the same speech, he said dignity does not depend on ability and is not diminished by illness or suffering. The ethical test therefore reaches people whom an efficiency-driven system might overlook.
Leo welcomed UNESCO's Media and Information Literacy programme as a way to promote responsible use of media and digital tools. He presented abundant information and fast communication as insufficient, on their own, to secure truth or wisdom.
These are religious and ethical proposals to an international education forum. The address does not announce new child-safety legislation or a compulsory school curriculum.
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