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Preserving Human Voices and Faces. Message of his Holiness Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communication
Vatican City: Holy See, January 24 (2026)
"The task laid before us is not to stop digital innovation, but rather to guide it and to be aware of its ambivalent nature. It is up to each of us to raise our voice in defense of human persons, so that we can truly assimilate these tools as allies. This alliance is possible, but needs to be based
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"[...] este material nace justamente en el punto donde la Jornada Mundial de las Comunicaciones Sociales, la Sinodalidad y el Jubileo de la Pastoral de la Comunicación se encuentran y se iluminan mutuamente. Las tres realidades comparten un mismo propósito: custodiar la dignidad humana mediante un
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Photographic Practices and the Making of Religion
Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter (2026), 242 pp.
"What role does photography play in the construction and preservation of religious identities and beliefs? Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the essays in this book explore this question, examining the theological reception of photography, its use in artistic and liturgical contexts, and th
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¿Qué es la pastoral de la comunicación?
Mexico, DF: Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano, Comisión Episcopal para la Pastoral de la Comunicación (CEPCOM) (2026), 14 pp.
"[...] la pastoral de la comunicación se comprende como una dimensión transversal que anima y articula la totalidad de la vida eclesial, favoreciendo la comunión interna y el diálogo con la sociedad. Su caracter integral implica reconocer la interacción entre la comunicación humana, pastoral y
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Telling the Mighty Works of God: A Selection of Sisters' Stories in Vatican Media
Città del Vaticano: Dicasterio per la Comunicazione; Libreria Editrice Vaticana; Pentecost Proect with Sisters (2026), 229 pp.
"This book is a collection of articles from different parts of the world that tell stories of God’s mighty deeds, carried out with and through Catholic Sisters. Mostly written by Sisters themselves, the articles were published by Vatican Media as part of the Pentecost Project, through which storie
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Writing Timbuktu: The Book in West African History
Princeton: Princeton University Press (2026), xxx, 209 pp.
"Printed books did not reach West Africa until the early twentieth century. And yet, between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, literate and curious readers throughout the region found books to read—books that were written and copied by hand. In Writing Timbuktu, Shamil Jeppie offers a history
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The Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology
Deep Insights
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2026), xxiv, 472 pp.
"The Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology is the first comprehensive overview of theological reflection on digital technology and culture. Grounded in the history of Christian theology, it attends to the longstanding relationship between technology and human experience. Digital theology addresses the
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The Mission in the Digital Environment
Vatican City: XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2026), 26 pp.
"[...] The mission in the digital environment is part of the pastoral, missionary, and synodal conversion process to which the Holy Spirit is calling the Church today. It is not merely about using digital tools to proclaim the Gospel, but about embodying this proclamation within digital culture, whe
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"Ein italienischer Priester hat vor 25 Jahren den katholischen Radiosender Sol Mansi in Guinea-Bissau gegründet. Heute ist er der meistgehörte Sender des Landes, auch weil er sich dem sozialen Zusammenhalt und der Vielfalt verschrieben hat." (Einleitung)
Avancen para Aguas más Profundas: Caminos Sinodales de la Iglesia en la Amazonía
Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (CELAM) (2026), 281 pp.
"Este libro surge con el objetivo de profundizar en la historia y el camino de la Iglesia Católica en la región Panamazónica. Su propósito es explorar una comprensión más amplia de la realidad amazónica, destacando los procesos sinodales que han marcado la presencia de la Iglesia en este vast
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Why Silicon Valley is turning to the Catholic Church: Priests and theologians want to shape the future of AI. Big Tech is listening
The Atlantic, April 25 (2026)
"Silicon Valley and the Vatican may “seem like strange bedfellows”—but they each have something to gain from the other, @EliasWachtel argues. He examines why Big Tech is listening to priests and theologians who want to shape the future of AI." (Publisher description)
Magnifica Humanitas: Pastoral Kit
Vatican City: Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2026), 33 pp.
"This pastoral handbook was created to accompany individuals, groups, and communities in a simple yet profound reflection on the relationship between faith, human dignity, and technological innovation. Inspired by the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, it proposes a journey that intertwines the Word of
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A digital Catholic imagination: Towards Full Presence in dialogue with contemporary social media
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 11, issue 1 (2026), pp. 22–44
"Towards Full Presence represents the first official Church document that addresses the use of social media in its entirety. In this paper, I provide a reflection on three themes emerging in the document in relation to my empirical, sociolinguistic research into Catholic social media sites. These th
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Inteligencia artificial y desarrollo humano integral
Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (CELAM) (2026), 86 pp.
" ¿Cómo puede la IA contribuir al desarrollo humano integral y solidario? ¿Cómo podemos hacer uso de los desarrollos tecnológicos de tal modo que contribuyan al bien común, considerando todas las dimensiones de la persona (“desarrollo integral”) y sin excluir a nadie (“desarrollo solidar
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Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Vatican City: Holy See (2026)
"Divided into five chapters, Magnifica humanitas has an underlying premise: technology is not “a force antagonistic to humanity” (paragraph 4), nor is it “inherently evil” (9). However, “technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regu
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Enhancing Communication the Parish Community: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Communication
[author] (2025), 272 pp.
"[The author] makes it clear that communication in the parish is not merely about transmitting information but about fostering communion, building trust, and nurturing faith. Thus some of the very practical relatable issues treated in the book include: the nature and mission of the Church; the prima
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Radios católicas de Colombia: Maravilloso ayer, sereno presente, complejo futuro
Deep Insights
Bogotá: Grupo Comunicarte (2025), 190 pp.
"Ballesteros López nos ofrece una radiografía detallada del devenir radiodifusor católico, explorando las coincidencias que han marcado su desarrollo, los desafíos que enfrenta y las iniciativas que han surgido para garantizar su sostenibilidad en el mundo tanto analógo como digital. Con una na
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The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for a New Egypt
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press (2025), xv, 348 pp.
"The New Preachers of Egypt - so named because of their novel preaching styles, which incorporate everything from melodrama to music to self-help - came to prominence on the world's first Islamic television channel on the cusp of the Arab Spring uprisings. They promoted an innovative and inclusive I
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Religion in der Krise - Krise der Religion? Eine empirische Medienanalyse christlicher Publizistik in der Corona-Pandemie
Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (2025), 223 pp.
"Hat die Religion während der Corona-Pandemie einen spezifischen Beitrag zur Bearbeitung der entsprechenden Krisenerfahrung geleistet? Diese Frage wird anhand christlicher Publizistik in unterschiedlichen massenmedialen Formaten untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, dass religiöse Deutungsangebote in betr
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The Epistemic Modes of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Charisma Production on Hybrid Media
Populism, volume 8 (2025), 26 pp.
"This paper sought to provide an account of the epistemic modes of Muqtada al-Sadr’s charisma production on hybrid media. It did so while engaging in a virtual ethnography of videographic content on Instagram and YouTube from Muqtada and his ostensible fan pages. The affective bond conceptual fram
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