In a document spanning nearly 42,000 words, Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence poses a growing threat to human dignity and human equality, calling for stronger regulation and a more balanced approach to developing AI technologies that keeps human dignity at its center.

Pope Leo XIV has used his first encyclical to deliver a stinging critique of modern finance, and cryptocurrencies are squarely in his line of fire. Released on 15 May 2026, the document positions crypto-driven financial innovation as part of a wider system that risks producing abuses,

A copy of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” is seen during a presentation on the document at the Vatican May 25, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Pope Leo ...

The Vatican's landmark encyclical on AI and work carries lessons that Asia's HR leaders cannot afford to dismiss, even in markets that have charted their own course on the technology question

The conference “Preserving Human Voices and Faces,” organized by the Dicastery for Communications and inspired by Pope Leo’s message for the World Day of Social Communication, brings together international academics,

Pope Leo XIV says the value of human dignity must be maintained as the world faces the changes brought on by the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI).