Tag: Magnifica Humanitas

Presidents of Catholic bishops' conferences of the G7 member states called on heads of state and government to root governance in human dignity, as national leaders prepare for the G7 Summit.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has welcomed Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, saying it offers a timely reminder that technological progress must always serve human dignity and the common good.

Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on artificial intelligence is now a core document on AI ethics – one that offers hope amid grave warnings, while serving as a call to a shared moral discernment, Catholic experts told OSV News.

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV warns against a digital culture that fragments the human person and replaces authentic encounter with algorithms and control. This reflection explores how the church can faithfully proclaim the Gospel within today’s digital culture while remaining centred on truth, communion, and authentic human dignity.

Even the leading firms in AI development recognise the Catholic Church as the leading authority on ethical AI.

In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV used a sweeping reflection on artificial intelligence to question whether the Catholic Church’s centuries-old "just war" framework remains valid in modern warfare and to ask pardon for the church’s role in slavery.

On 15 May, 2026 – the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum – Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. The date was deliberate.

Vice President JD Vance said in a new interview with NBC News that while he has not yet fully read Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, what he has read of it "sounds very profound."

Much commentary on Pope Leo's first encyclical centres on its critique of AI. But the core of his message is that while tech opens opportunities, it can close us to life.

Speaking at the Vatican press conference May 25 to present his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV said his conversations with industry leaders – including "very troubling voices" who warned of autonomous weapons systems beyond effective human governance – had led him to the conviction that AI "needs to be disarmed."