Overview

• At the Jubilee of Youth festival in Rome, Pope Leo presided over the Vatican’s inaugural mass for Catholic influencers at St. Peter’s Basilica.
• He received a rock-star reception as hundreds of attendees streamed the event live and posed for selfies.
• He warned that AI and social media must never be used to undermine the innate worth of individuals.
• He emphasized that content creation should aim to forge encounters between hearts rather than chase clicks or followers.
• As the first American pope he has made ethical AI governance and binding safeguards a central priority of his pontificate.