Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter is a resounding call to uphold the dignity of each human person and to seek the common good in the face of the promises and challenges of AI technology. The pontiff roots his presentation of our “magnificent humanity” in the theological soil of Catholic Social Doctrine, which rests on the dignity of the human person made in the image and likeness of God.