When tradition beats innovation: the Apulian panzerotti mentioned in the Pope's encyclical

The art of the Apulian panzerotto among the memories of the heart in the words of Pope Francis

Pope Francis , in his new encyclical Dilexit nos , addresses the topic of artificial intelligence and uses the Apulian panzerotto as a symbol of the values ​​and memories that technology cannot replicate. Specifically, it recalls the simple but meaningful gesture of sealing the panzerotti with the fork, a ritual that recalls family ties and affections kept in the heart, impossible to codify with the algorithms of Artificial Intelligence, a now very hot topic:

“What no algorithm will ever be able to accommodate will be, for example, that moment of childhood that is remembered with tenderness and that continues to happen in every corner of the planet. I think of using the fork to seal the edges of those homemade panzerotti made by our mothers or grandmothers"

A moment of learning that wants to represent, according to Pope Francis , the transmission of love and tradition , as well as the sense of responsibility to help others.

Therefore, with his solemn letter, the Pope indirectly mentions the art of the Apulian panzerotto and those traditions handed down from mother to daughter that Bari continues to proudly preserve.