Pope Francis recently gave a TED Talk, urging people to make real connections with each other. “Good intentions and conventional formulas, so often used to appease our conscience, are not enough,” Pope Francis said. “Let us help each other, all together, to remember that the other is not a statistic or a number. The other has a face.”

Read more about it in this Catholic News Service article.

Watch Pope Francis’ TED talk below. For subtitles in other languages, visit the TED talk website.