Pope Leo XIV publishes encyclical Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo XIV has published a new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, to address the impact of artificial intelligence on the human person. The document examines how emerging technologies affect human thought, relationships, work, and warfare.

In the encyclical, the pope states that artificial intelligence must be disarmed to ensure it does not rule humanity. While acknowledging that AI could support human flourishing through medical and scientific advances, the text focuses on safeguarding human dignity during this period of radical technological change.

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich noted that the document builds on the foundations of modern Catholic social doctrine, such as Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, which addressed the Industrial Revolution. The new encyclical applies these principles to the current era of machine development.