Magnifica Humanitas Is the Pope's Bid for Human Dignity in the Age of AI

Pope Leo XIV has signed and published Magnifica Humanitas, his first encyclical on artificial intelligence and human dignity.

Timed to echo Rerum Novarum, the document frames AI as a major social and moral turning point.

It calls for structured dialogue between AI developers and faith leaders through the Faith-AI Covenant project.

The message is that AI is being built at civilizational scale, so ethical guardrails must be set now before design choices become entrenched.