The Vatican's AI Encyclical: A Catholic Church Confronts Its Own Identity in the Age of Machines Pope Leo XIV's impending encyclical, set to be released on Monday, promises to inject spiritual clarity into the debate over artificial intelligence.
Dubbed "Magnifica Humanitas," this landmark document is the culmination of years of Vatican rumination on AI's impact on humanity. The Church has been grappling with what it means to be human in an age of machines.
This is evident in Pope Leo XIV's approach, which goes beyond reacting to external events.