Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), Pope Leo XIV’s first major papal encyclical, directly addressing the rise of artificial intelligence and outlining the Church’s stance on safeguarding humanity and addressing the common good was released publicly this morning, Monday, 25th May at 10:30am, Irish time.
The official presentation event took place in the Vatican’s Synod Hall.
The Pope was present, along with several speakers, both theologians and technical experts
View Pope Leo’s address (10:30):
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development;
Professor Anna Rowlands, a theologian and professor at Durham University (United Kingdom);
Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of research on the interpretability of artificial intelligence; and
Professor Leocadie Lushombo, I.T., professor of political theology and Catholic social thought at the Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University in California (USA).
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin offered closing remarks, followed by an address and blessing by Pope Leo XIV.
- The full document is now available on the Vatican website here.
- The launch can be viewed on the Vatican YouTube site here
- An outline of the document and a summary of each of its 5 chapters is available on the Vatican News site here
- A Reflection by the Editor of Vatican News can be read here
- An audio recording can be found here
