Magnifica Humanitas

From the point of AI to the Church's role in slavery, 'Magnifica humanitas' provides a rich analysis of creativity and humanity. Commonweal contributors weigh in.

Pope Leo reminds us to consider not just what AI can do, but also who designs it, who it serves, and who gets left out.

Pope Leo invites us to discern the Christian principles that must guide practical decisions about AI. Notre Dame's DELTA framework does just that.

Pope Leo's encyclical doesn't ask whether machines can make good art; it explores the uniquely human purposes of art that a machine can never access.

In 'Magnifica humanitas,' Pope Leo presents a genuinely universalist civilizational discourse, calling for a social order whose guiding principle is love.

Despite its rhetorical restraint, 'Magnifica humanitas' hints at a bold vision for how the Church can reimagine its own authority.

Why did Pope Leo apologize for the Church's role in slavery in an encyclical about artificial intelligence?

If the Church itself does not recognize the full humanity of half its own members, how can it expect Silicon Valley and heads of state to respect its sermon on human dignity?

What Leo XIII did for wages and the right of association, Leo XIV does for the human person in the era of the algorithm.

Pope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities.