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ART BETWEEN UTOPIA, IA AND PEACE
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07 February 2026
Michele Capasso, Pia Molinari and Jacopo Molinari spoke at the Forum held at the UNSA Faculty of Economics in Sarajevo, specifically at the round table discussion entitled ‘AI & ART: How is AI transforming art?’
Moderated by Prof. Amila Akagić, ETF UNSA, 12 speakers from international universities and research centres discussed the topic. AI is everywhere, but do we truly understand its impact on our society and the future we are shaping? In this panel, we focus specifically on art, as it remains one of the most sincere mirrors of social change. Art reveals not only what technology enables, but also what it means to us as human beings. The aim of this panel is to open up a space for open and thoughtful exchange, bringing together the perspectives of academics, ethics experts and artists.
The discussion was based on three key dimensions: technology, ethical responsibility and the future of human expression. Through the voices of the twelve speakers, it was highlighted how artificial intelligence is already shaping our reality and influencing artistic practice, while challenging prevailing assumptions about its role, its limitations and the choices we face as a society moving towards the future.
Artificial intelligence has established itself as a transformative force in almost every area of modern life, reshaping economic structures.
Artificial intelligence has established itself as a transformative force in almost every area of modern life, reshaping economic structures, social interactions and ethical frameworks. It is often said that “artificial intelligence is just a tool: it all depends on how you use it”. But is this really the case? Can artificial intelligence replace charcoal, a paintbrush, a camera, a printing press, a musical instrument or a synthesiser, tools that have historically made art possible at any given time?
Millions of people around the world have now experienced AI. Some have been impressed by its speed and apparent creativity, others have been disappointed or disturbed by its limitations, and still others refuse to engage with it at all. These reactions reveal that our relationship with AI is not purely technical: it is emotional, cultural and deeply human. AI does not enter a neutral space; it enters established traditions, values and ideas about authorship, competence and expression.
‘Rather than offering definitive answers, the panel invited reflection,’ said Michele Capasso. ‘What changes when creation becomes mediated by algorithms? Where does human intention begin and end? And how can we preserve space for ambiguity, vulnerability and meaning in a future increasingly shaped by intelligent systems?’ he concluded.
CELEBRATION OF ST. GIOVANNI BOSCO AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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31 January 2026
On the occasion of the celebration dedicated to St. Giovanni Bosco, numerous initiatives took place at the Museum of Peace: meetings of youth groups, visits to the emotional journeys dedicated to Don Bosco, communal prayers in the Chapel with the relics of Don Bosco and Mother Mazzarello.
President Michele Capasso recalled the significant moments in the establishment of the WORLD SALESIAN ORATORY with visits by the Rector Major Don Angel Fernandez Artime and the Mother Superior of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Yvonne Reungoat.
On this occasion, there was a special visit to the section dedicated to Pino Daniele with the “Amici della Musica” of Ginosa.
TOWARDS A FEDERAL EUROPE: FOUNDING VALUES AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERING, ASSOCIATIONS AND THE THIRD SECTOR
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30 January 2026
The third stage of the “Federal Europe: towards a constituent phase” journey arrives in Padua, a city symbolising civic engagement and participation, to focus on the contribution of volunteering, associations and the third sector in building a new Europe.
After discussions with the academic world in Salerno and a look at global challenges in Florence, Padua represents the social and community dimension of the federal project. It is no coincidence that the meeting is taking place in a city that has distinguished itself as the European Capital of Volunteering, a lively place of civic networks, solidarity and social innovation.
The meeting on Friday, 30 January 2026, was dedicated to reflecting on the founding values of a truly united Europe and on the necessary responses to the major social issues of our time: inequality, poverty, rights, democratic participation, peace and environmental sustainability. The discussion between the main voluntary organisations and European federalist movements aims to strengthen a shared vision: a federal Europe cannot be created without the active involvement of organised civil society.
The Padua stage therefore aims to be more than just a meeting: it is a laboratory for co-design and co-responsibility, in which the third sector contributes to defining the social profiles of the European federal structure, bringing concrete experiences, real needs and practices of participatory democracy.
This is a fundamental step on the road to the 2026 Naples Summit – at the headquarters of the “United States of the World” – where these energies and proposals will converge to give shape to a true constituent phase of the United States of Europe.
ICESCO INTERNATIONAL FORUM “CULTURE FOR RETHINKING THE WORLD”
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29 January 2026
The “United States of the World” and the “Fondazione Mediterraneo” share with ICESCO the aims of the Forum, which focuses on the role of culture in rethinking the world at a tragic moment in human history.
"PORTA A PORTA"PROGRAMME RECEIVES THE MEDITERRANEAN INFORMATION AWARD
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22 January 2026
The international juries awarded Porta a Porta the 2026 ‘Mediterranean Information Award’.
The ceremony took place on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Mediterranean Award (22 January 1996) and the programme ‘Porta a Porta’.
On this occasion, during the programme, Secretary-General Michele Capasso highlighted the value of the award based on ‘doing’, using a motto attributed to Pope Alexander VII as its foundation: ‘Do much, say little’.
Bruno Vespa expressed his gratitude by emphasising the importance of the United States of the World for peace.
BRUNO VESPA RECEIVES THE MEDITERRANAN AWARD FOR PEACE
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22 January 2026
The international juries have awarded Bruno Vespa the 2026 Mediterranean Award for Peace.
The ceremony took place on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Mediterranean Award (22 January 1996) and the television programme Porta a Porta (22 January 2026).
On this occasion, during the programme, Secretary-General Michele Capasso highlighted the value of the award based on “doing”, using a motto attributed to Pope Alexander VII as its foundation: “Do much, say little”.
Bruno Vespa expressed his gratitude by emphasising the importance of the United States of the World for peace.
THE DIPLOMATIC ACTION OF THE HOLY SEE IN THE FACE OF NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES
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17 January 2026
A Lectio magistralis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin opened the conference ‘The diplomatic action of the Holy See in the face of new global challenges’, organised by the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy: Peace and justice, voices that continue to rise in different regions of the planet as pillars of order among actions. The denunciation of the use of force to resolve conflicts, the need for solutions that are educational, formative and research-based. Diplomacy as a way to build the common good and, for those who work in the Holy See, the commitment to share people's pain and heal it with evangelical hope. These are some of the points that Cardinal Pietro Parolin highlights in his Lectio magistralis focused on ‘Peace and justice in the diplomacy of the Holy See in the face of new challenges.’ The Secretary of State spoke at this morning's conference, 17 January, in the Ducal Hall of the Apostolic Palace, on the occasion of the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Cardinal Parolin's key words were: "The prevailing multipolarism leads to armed peace or to the establishment of an attitude of mutual distrust between states. We need foresight and healthy realism to be peacemakers".
Secretary-General Michele Capasso emphasised the importance of the content of the letter that Pope Leone XIV sent to the participants and the words of hope that Cardinal Parolin addressed to the diplomats of the Holy See: I repeated to them a phrase that is dear to me and that has characterised our actions from the beginning: ‘Do much, say little’.
‘We find in Cardinal Parolin's Lectio,’ Secretary General Capasso told the press, "the expression according to the lesson of Pope Alexander VII "Do much, say little", when he hopes that “the Holy See's response will remain that of effective and discreet diplomacy, which sees in every level of activity and responsibility the possibility of seeking ways and means to ensure an international order based on justice, in which the principle and goal of coexistence is peace, operating according to the principles, customs and respect for the rules of diplomacy”.
This, Capasso concludes, ties in with the pastoral perspective referred to by Pope Leone XIV in his aforementioned letter: “The diplomatic service is not a profession, but a pastoral vocation: it is the evangelical art of encounter, which seeks paths of reconciliation where men raise walls and mistrust”.
This is the same path we have been following for forty years with the “United States of the World” and which we will continue to follow: “DO MUCH, SAY LITTLE”."
THE DIPLOMATIC ACTION OF THE HOLY SEE IN THE FACE OF NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES
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17 January 2026
A Lectio magistralis by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin opened the conference ‘The diplomatic action of the Holy See in the face of new global challenges’, organised by the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy: Peace and justice, voices that continue to rise in different regions of the planet as pillars of order among actions. The denunciation of the use of force to resolve conflicts, the need for solutions that are educational, formative and research-based. Diplomacy as a way to build the common good and, for those who work in the Holy See, the commitment to share people's pain and heal it with evangelical hope. These are some of the points that Cardinal Pietro Parolin highlights in his Lectio magistralis focused on ‘Peace and justice in the diplomacy of the Holy See in the face of new challenges.’ The Secretary of State spoke at this morning's conference, 17 January, in the Ducal Hall of the Apostolic Palace, on the occasion of the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Cardinal Parolin's key words were: "The prevailing multipolarism leads to armed peace or to the establishment of an attitude of mutual distrust between states. We need foresight and healthy realism to be peacemakers".
Secretary-General Michele Capasso emphasised the importance of the content of the letter that Pope Leone XIV sent to the participants and the words of hope that Cardinal Parolin addressed to the diplomats of the Holy See: I repeated to them a phrase that is dear to me and that has characterised our actions from the beginning: ‘Do much, say little’.
‘We find in Cardinal Parolin's Lectio,’ Secretary General Capasso told the press, "the expression according to the lesson of Pope Alexander VII "Do much, say little", when he hopes that “the Holy See's response will remain that of effective and discreet diplomacy, which sees in every level of activity and responsibility the possibility of seeking ways and means to ensure an international order based on justice, in which the principle and goal of coexistence is peace, operating according to the principles, customs and respect for the rules of diplomacy”.
This, Capasso concludes, ties in with the pastoral perspective referred to by Pope Leone XIV in his aforementioned letter: “The diplomatic service is not a profession, but a pastoral vocation: it is the evangelical art of encounter, which seeks paths of reconciliation where men raise walls and mistrust”.
This is the same path we have been following for forty years with the “United States of the World” and which we will continue to follow: “DO MUCH, SAY LITTLE”."
ITALIAN MODEL UNITED NATION
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12 January 2026
Two hundred students from various schools in Campania gathered at the headquarters of the “United States of the World” for the “Italian Model United Nations” meeting, organised by the United Network Association with the patronage of the “United States of the World” and in collaboration with the Mediterranean Foundation and the Museumon Peace MAMT.
On this occasion, Secretary-General Michele Capasso presented a preview of the “House for Peace” project.
THE MAGAZINE "LE CARRÉ BLEU" DEDICATES ITS FIRST ISSUE OF 2026 TO THE "HOUSE FOR PEACE"
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10 January 2026
It is the priority action of the "United States of the World", consisting of a headquarters and a network of thematic offices on five continents.
The concept/project of the "House for Peace" was born in 1999 from the ambitions of the United States of the World, positioning itself as a complementary proposal in support of existing initiatives.
The concept, accompanied by specialist contributions aimed at confirming its feasibility, not only responds to the concrete needs of the headquarters of the “House for Peace”, but also envisages the creation of a network of units of different sizes strategically located in carefully chosen places. Each location has its own unique expression, always with iconic and at the same time paradigmatic characteristics from an ecological and functional point of view, open to the future. The fundamental objective is to introduce a network of places for peace capable of combining memory with the future: a memory that is not limited to the “remembrance of peace” but becomes a gesture, a word, a shared responsibility. Each location will be dedicated to a theme linked to places and memory: the memory of the mothers of victims, the commitment to ecological conversion, the value of ancient crafts, and so on.
All this fits into the utopia/peace relationship: a dream, an aspiration, an evolution, an ideal, a passion to which to devote one's life, a constant effort to overcome the limits of reality and move towards action that is not incidental, in which one must invest with conviction, resisting any scepticism which, fortunately, is still unknown to young people, the creators of our future and heirs to this peace initiative.