US Vice President JD Vance has said he is “looking forward to reading” Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, which addresses the preservation of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence and is scheduled for publication on May 25, 2026.
The Vice President made the comments during a White House press briefing on May 19, describing the forthcoming document as one that “is going to be a very, very important document” from the leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination.
