Digital culture in the magisterium of Pope Francis

• Autor(a) principal: Domingues, Filipe
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/ephata.2023.13001

This contribution analyzes the theme of digital culture in the teachings of Pope Francis. Human communication is crucial in Francis’ speeches, who insistently questions whether digital culture and technological advances really promote true human communication – the culture of encounter – or whether they are just new obstacles to achieving it. Although the digital is not one of the strongest themes of his magisterium, as are other social issues, its elements appear on several occasions. Here, Francis’ thought within the social and academic context on digital culture is articulated with elements of Catholic Social Teaching. This paper illustrates the evolution of the topic in his pontificate and argues that Francis’ view on digital culture is directly related to his critique of the technocratic paradigm.