Pope Leon XIV Warns of AI’s ‘Deepening Inequality
On May 19, 2026, Pope Leon XIV released the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, a 110-page document warning that artificial intelligence “cannot be considered morally neutral” and urging safeguards to ensure it “does not dominate the human being.” The text, issued on the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, frames AI as a dual-edged force … Read more