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What we know about Pope Leo’s A.I. encyclical

May 22, 2026 · 38 min

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This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell look ahead to Pope Leo’s forthcoming encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” which is rumored to be a long document dealing with themes of artificial intelligence and humanity. Ahead of the document’s expected release on May 25, Gerry and Colleen recap what is already known about the document, the Vatican’s previous work on A.I. and how encyclicals are written.


Links:

Pope Leo will publish first encyclical, ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ on preserving humanity in the A.I. age on May 25

Bishop Flores: Pope Leo’s AI encyclical is coming. Don’t let ChatGPT read it for you.

Explainer: Papal documents and their (different) levels of authority

Interview: Bishop Paul Tighe on the Vatican’s response to AI

What does the Vatican know about A.I.? A lot, actually.

Pope Leo’s encyclical comes just in time: AI is raising questions only religion can answer.


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Follow Colleen on Instagram: @colleendulle

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