Overview
- Addressing the Builders AI Forum at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Pope Leo XIV urged scientists, entrepreneurs, and pastoral leaders to keep AI grounded in the common good.
- He said technological innovation can be a participation in the divine act of creation and that every design choice expresses a vision of humanity.
- He called on AI leaders to cultivate moral discernment and to build systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life.
- He framed ethical AI as a profoundly ecclesial mission that renews the dialogue between faith and reason and serves evangelization, education, healthcare, and human development.
- His remarks were also posted on X on Friday, echoing earlier Vatican teaching that without firm oversight AI could deepen inequality, spread misinformation, expand surveillance, and erode human relationships.