The Pontiff sends, through Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a message of greeting to the Synod of the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches, held from August 22 to 26 in Torre Pellice and gathering about 180 delegates. In the text, addressed to Bishop Derio Olivero of Pinerolo, Leo XIV urges Christians to bear common witness to the freedom of the children of God and, drawing on the encyclical "Magnifica humanitas," calls for technology to grow "without the heart regressing," in reference to artificial intelligence.