Scientific cooperation is a public good at the service of peace. With this conviction, which is also a hope for the future, Pope Leo XIV addressed around 140 members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. The members are meeting for two days—September 24 and 25—at the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican for the Plenary Session with the theme “The Future of Science in a Changing World,” which was preceded by a two-day workshop on “Evolution and Development.”
Ambition and humility, rigor and dialogue, innovation and responsibility—these are the principles that must inspire research and global technological advancement.
The starting point of the Pope’s address this morning, September 24, was one he has repeatedly emphasized in his encyclical Magnifica humanitas. He cited several passages to highlight both the enormous potential of technology in healthcare, food production, and the pursuit of knowledge about the universe, and, on the other hand, its still-uncertain impact on humanity’s future.
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