Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on May 25, addressing the protection of human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence.
The Vatican said the encyclical will be presented at 11.30am in the Synod Hall. Pope Leo will give an address at the presentation, in a departure from the more usual format in which major documents are presented by Vatican officials and invited experts in the Holy See Press Office.
The document was signed by the Pope on May 15, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum, the 1891 encyclical that became a foundational text of modern Catholic social teaching. The date is expected to underline Pope Leo XIV’s intention to place artificial intelligence within the Church’s wider reflection on work, justice, human dignity and the common good.
