Pope Leo presents “Magnifica humanitas” and calls for disarmament of AI – news from the Vatican

Pope Leo presents “Magnifica humanitas” and calls for disarmament of AI – news from the Vatican

By Vatican News
Publication Date: 2026-05-25 11:30:00

Pope Leo The Pope draws parallels to Rerum Novarum and calls on the global community to put technological progress at the service of human dignity, solidarity and the common good.

By Linda Bordoni

At the presentation of his first social encyclical Magnifica HumanitasPope Leo

In his address to participants gathered in the synod hall on Monday for the presentation of the encyclical, the pope described the current technological revolution as an “epochal turning point,” comparable to the upheavals that confronted Pope Leo XIII. faced during the Industrial Revolution.

“Artificial intelligence already touches many areas of our…