Pope Leo XIV Issues First Encyclical Addressing Artificial Intelligence and Historical Church Role in Slavery

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Pope Leo XIV Issues First Encyclical Addressing Artificial Intelligence and Historical Church Role in Slavery

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Euronewssocietal ills, culture of power

Africa Newsnew forms of slavery, disarmed

Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on May 15. The document denounces a culture of power in AI development, calls for regulation of lethal autonomous systems, and includes an apology for the Catholic Church's past involvement in slavery. Sources are limited to two center-rated outlets.

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[Euronews 🏢] Pope Leo vs AI: Pontiff sounds alarm over the 'culture of power' driving the tech race [Africa News 🏢] 'Disarm' AI to protect against new forms of slavery, Pope Leo warns

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“Pope Leo vs AI: Pontiff sounds alarm over the 'culture of power' driving the tech race”

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Progressive

The encyclical frames AI as an extension of corporate and military power that risks new hierarchies of control, aligning with demands for democratic oversight and linking to historic anti-slavery struggles.

“AI governance as continuation of fights against exploitation and subordination”

Conservative

The document's emphasis on disarming AI and global regulation risks weakening Western strategic edges while retrospective apologies dilute institutional authority.

“National sovereignty and market competition as superior to centralized ethical edicts”

Libertarian

The encyclical misidentifies technology itself as the problem rather than concentrated coercive power and prescribes regulatory frameworks that expand state control.

“Voluntary innovation, property rights, and open competition as mechanisms to diffuse power”

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All framings accept the encyclical as a substantive AI intervention while overlooking its rhetorical branding as successor to Rerum Novarum and its negligible leverage over actual AI infrastructure.

“Narrative positioning over measurable policy impact”

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