Overview
- Papal aides, who confirmed Monday a May 25 event in the Aula del Sínodo, said Pope León XIV will present “Magnifica Humanitas” on protecting the person in the age of artificial intelligence.
- The speaker list includes Cardinals Víctor Manuel Fernández and Michael Czerny, theologians Anna Rowlands and Leocadie Lushombo, and Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah, whose invite drew notice because Anthropic has clashed with the U.S. Defense Department over military uses of AI.
- Over the weekend the Vatican approved a cross‑dicastery AI commission led by Cardinal Czerny to share information, study risks, and draft rules for how the Holy See uses the technology.
- In Sunday’s Regina Coeli message for World Communications Day, León XIV urged communication that honors “the truth of the human person” and warned about deepfakes, synthetic voices and images, and a loss of critical thinking.
- The Pope signed the encyclical on May 15, the 135th anniversary of Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, linking today’s AI turmoil to Catholic social teaching on work, justice, and the common good.