A message from Pope Leo XIV, dated July 30 and signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, was read by Archbishop Arnaldo S. Catalan, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda, at the opening of the SIGNIS World Congress - the World Catholic Association for Communication - underway in Kigali from August 3 to 8, the first time the event has been held in Africa. In the message the Pope urges communication professionals to contribute to a culture of communion, peace and care for creation, recalling - citing the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas - that "online communication is not simply the transmission of information, but the creation of a culture" and that "we need faces and voices to speak for people again."