The following is the telegram sent on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, to the Honourable Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the occasion of the Third Forum on Religious Freedom, taking place in Palazzo Chigi, Rome:

Telegram

HIS EXCELLENCY
HONOURABLE ANTONIO TAJANI
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORUM ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, ENTITLED “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: RIGHTS, ETHICS AND INNOVATION”, THE HOLY FATHER IS PLEASED TO CONVEY HIS CORDIAL GREETING TO THE PARTICIPANTS. HIS HOLINESS HOPES THAT THE EVENT MAY OFFER CAREFUL REFLECTION TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE COMMITMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AT EVERY LEVEL, TO GUARANTEE “AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND A RESPECTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES” (AUDIENCE, 21 JUNE 2025) AND THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAY BE “OF GREAT HELP TO SOCIETY, PROVIDED THAT ITS EMPLOYMENT DOES NOT UNDERMINE THE IDENTITY AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON AND HIS OR HER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS” (IBID). WITH THESE THOUGHTS, POPE LEO XIV INVITES EVERYONE TO RENEW THEIR ATTENTION TO THE VALUES OF FREEDOM AND MUTUAL RESPECT, ENTRUSTS EACH ONE TO THE INTERCESSION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND WILLINGLY IMPARTS THE DESIRED APOSTOLIC BLESSING.

CARDINAL PIETRO PAROLIN
SECRETARY OF STATE OF HIS HOLINESS