SIGNIS World Congress 2022

The Metaverse is a digital reality that combines overlays visual elements, sound, and other sensory input onto real-world settings to enhance the user experience. In contrast, virtual reality is entirely virtual and enhances fictional realities.

"At each level, the media can play a vital role in dealing with the ecological crisis," says Dr. Cynthia Moe Lobeda

The purpose of the SWC was to raise awareness of the importance of peace in the backdrop of global wars and conflicts, and the culture of friction and hate in the digital world is seriously threatening the value of peace.

We need to move from individual engagement to community building. As Pope Francis says, "God’s style is closeness, compassion, and tenderness’.

Media had been playing a robust role in conflicts and peacemaking in the digital village of the interconnected world, says FABC President, Cardinal Charles Bo.

Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, addresses this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol."

"Without freedom of the press, there would be no control of societal power.

The August 16–19, 2022 event has the theme "Peace in the Digital World."

In this world of hyper connectivity, do our lives and interactions become richer and fuller?

SWC2022 will be a "hybrid" Congress where in-person conferences will take place alongside non-face-to-face meetings via YouTube and metaverse.