By Vatican News
Publication Date: 2026-05-22 12:12:00
At a meeting with participants at a Vatican conference on artificial intelligence, Pope Leo encourages
By Devin Watkins
Pope Leo XIV met Friday with participants at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence titled “Preserving Human Faces and Voices.”
Sponsored by the Dicastery of Communication (our umbrella organization) and the Dicastery of Culture and Education, the one-day event brought together experts from the fields of AI, education and theology to discuss the Pope’s message for this year’s World Communication Day.
In his address, Pope Leo emphasized the Church’s commitment to shaping the progress of digital technologies and educating people on how to use them wisely.
The Second Vatican Council’s decree on the mass media, he said, reminds us that the Church was founded by Christ to bring salvation to all through the Gospel by…


