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I'm
Gina
Christian
of
OSV
News.
And
you're
listening
to
a
special
edition
of
our
OSV
Newscast
for
Monday,
May
25th,
2026.
Here
in
the
U.S.,
it's
Memorial
Day
when
we
remember
with
gratitude
and
prayer
all
of
those
who
have
given
their
lives
for
our
nation.
And
today
is
also
the
day
on
which
Pope
Leo
XIV
officially
released
his
first
encyclical,
which
calls
for
safeguarding
human
dignity
in
the
age
of
artificial
intelligence.
We're
on
the
ground
at
the
Vatican
and
here
in
the
U.S.
bringing
you
all
the
details
and
deep
dives
on
this
papal
document,
so
let's
get
you
caught
up
on
what
has
been
the
Catholic
news
of
this
day.
And
let's
start
with
the
basics.
What's
an
encyclical
in
the
first
place?
Well,
it's
a
pastoral
letter
addressed
by
the
Pope
to
the
whole
church.
These
letters
usually
speak
about
matters
of
faith
or
morals
or
certain
devotions
and
disciplines,
but
Pope
Leo's
first
encyclical
is
focused
on
artificial
intelligence,
which
has
become
a
key
issue.
The
document
is
titled
Magnifica
Humanitas,
which
is
Latin
for
magnificent
humanity.
Pope
Leo
was
joined
at
today's
press
conference
by
senior
Vatican
officials,
theologians,
and
Christopher
Ola,
one
of
the
founders
of
the
AI
research
and
safety
firm
Anthropic.
Our
Vatican
editor
Courtney
Morris
was
on
hand,
and
as
she
notes
in
her
overview
article,
Pope
Leo
compares
the
attempt
to
build
an
AI
future
that
excludes
God
to
the
Tower
of
Babel,
and
the
Pope
underlines
the
need
to
safeguard
human
dignity
as
it's
threatened
by
new
forms
of
dehumanization.
Pope
Leo
points
to
Catholic
social
teaching,
which
articulates
how
we
can
live
out
the
gospel
amid
the
modern
world
and
its
challenges
as
the
framework
for
making
sure
AI
helps
rather
than
harms
human
dignity.
Pope
Leo
said
the
risk
of
dehumanization,
of
building
a
future
that
excludes
God
and
reduces
the
other
to
a
means
is
an
ancient
and
ever
new
temptation
that
today
takes
on
a
technical
guise.
And
there's
a
parallel
to
the
Pope's
message.
He
signed
the
encyclical
back
on
May
15th,
which
was
the
135th
anniversary
of
another
encyclical,
Rerum
Novarum,
Pope
Leo
XIII's
foundational
1891
social
document
on
labor
and
capital,
which
was
written
during
the
Industrial
Revolution.
Pope
Leo
XIV's
new
encyclical
is
divided
into
five
chapters,
and
it
touches
on
wide-ranging
issues
related
to
AI,
including
the
prospect
of
massive
unemployment,
the
future
of
education,
the
protection
of
human
freedom,
excessive
screen
time
for
young
people,
cryptocurrencies,
economic
disparities,
transhumanism,
cyber
attacks,
and
the
application
of
Catholic
social
doctrine
principles.
The
Pope
dedicated
the
final
chapter
of
the
document
to
AI
in
warfare
and
the
need
for
rigorous
ethical
constraints
and
proactive
peace
building
to
curb
the
technological
arms
race.
The
Pope
said,
in
the
era
of
artificial
intelligence,
where
human
dignity
is
threatened
by
new
forms
of
dehumanization,
ours
is
the
pressing
duty
to
remain
profoundly
human.
He
added,
We
must
lovingly
safeguard
the
grandeur
of
humanity
bestowed
upon
us
and
revealed
in
its
fullness
in
Christ,
the
splendor
of
which
no
machine
can
ever
replace.
In
his
address
at
today's
press
conference,
Pope
Leo
called
for
vigilance
regarding
AI,
saying
his
conversations
with
industry
leaders,
including
very
troubling
voices,
who
warned
of
autonomous
weapons
systems
beyond
effective
human
governance,
had
led
him
to
the
conviction
that
AI
must
be
disarmed.
In
fact,
the
Pope
said
the
encyclical
was
born
from
listening
to
scientists,
educators,
parents,
and
tech
leaders,
including
those
who
raised
concerns
about
algorithms
that
deny
health
care
jobs
and
security
using
data
tainted
by
prejudice
and
injustice.
The
Pope
compared
AI
to
nuclear
energy,
and
he
said
technology
must
serve
the
common
good,
not
domination
or
exclusion.
Pope
Leo
invited
both
Catholics
and
the
broader
public
to
engage
seriously
with
the
challenges
AI
presents,
and
he
said
the
church
brings
a
wisdom
concerning
the
human
that
our
present
time
desperately
needs.
Ola
urged
religious
leaders,
governments,
scholars,
and
civil
society
to
become
informed
critics
of
the
AI
industry,
and
he
warned
that
commercial
and
geopolitical
pressures
can
conflict
with
ethical
decision
making.
Ola
listed
three
major
concerns
regarding
AI:
mass
job
displacement,
unequal
global
access
to
AI's
benefits,
and
the
increasingly
mysterious
inner
workings
of
advanced
AI
models.
He
said
researchers
are
discovering
patterns
that
resemble
human
emotions
and
introspection,
raising
profound
ethical
questions.
The
Pope's
encyclical
echoed
many
of
those
concerns,
insisting
that
human
dignity
must
come
before
profit,
and
warning
against
reducing
people
to
data
or
commodities.
Pope
Leo
also
called
for
global
cooperation
to
protect
workers,
families,
and
vulnerable
communities
in
the
digital
age.
The
Pope
thanked
Olaf
for
his
presence
at
the
presentation
and
for
accepting
the
church's
invitation.
The
Pope
said
he'd
accepted
Olaf's
invitation
to
walk
together,
to
listen
and
to
speak,
and
together
find
a
way
for
humanity
in
this
time
of
artificial
intelligence.
The
Cardinal
warned
of
a
dangerous
gap
between
rapid
technological
power
and
human
moral
wisdom.
The
new
encyclical
stresses
that
as
society
leans
heavily
on
AI,
human
dignity
must
stay
front
and
center.
Cardinal
Victor
Manuel
Fernandez,
who
is
the
prefect
of
the
Dicastery
for
the
Doctrine
of
the
Faith,
warned
against
a
hyper-technological
worldview
that
treats
technology
as
a
false
idol.
British
theologian
Anna
Rollins
noted
the
document
rejects
the
idea
that
AI
or
transhumanism
will
save
humanity.
Meanwhile,
ethicist
Leocari
Loshumbo
highlighted
the
encyclical's
concern
for
the
global
south,
warning
that
the
environment
and
labor
tolls
of
AI
infrastructure
threaten
to
widen
the
gap
between
rich
and
poor.
And
minutes
after
the
official
release
of
the
encyclical
today,
the
head
of
the
U.S.
Catholic
Bishops
shared
his
thoughts
on
the
document.
Archbishop
Paul
Coakley
of
Oklahoma
City,
who
is
the
president
of
the
U.S.
Conference
of
Catholic
Bishops,
said
the
encyclical
is
a
powerful
reminder
that
no
technology
can
replace
a
child
of
God,
and
all
technology
should
be
placed
at
the
service
of
helping
humanity
thrive.
The
Archbishop
said
the
Church
here
in
the
U.S.
welcomes
the
document
with
gratitude
and
praise,
and
he
said,
The
Pope
calls
us
to
never
lose
sight
of
the
inherent
dignity
of
all
human
life
and
the
moral
imperative
for
technology
to
support
peace
and
the
common
good,
rather
than
the
limited
interest
of
a
few.
The
Archbishop
announced
that
the
U.S.
Bishop's
Committee
on
Doctrine
has
been
tasked
to
lead
and
coordinate
the
Bishop's
work
regarding
AI.
And
that's
your
OSV
newscast
for
today.
I'm
Gina
Christian.
Check
out
the
show
notes
for
links
to
these
stories,
plus
an
explainer
on
key
terms
in
Pope
Leo's
encyclical.
We
did
the
work
for
you
so
you
don't
have
to
look
them
up.
We've
also
got
more
information
on
anthropic
and
on
something
called
emergent
misalignment,
which
is
what
happens
when
AI
goes
rogue.
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Catholic
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this
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not
AI.
And
that
human
would
like
to
thank
you
for
listening.
God
bless.
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