Peter G. Kirchschläger assesses Leo XIV’s first encyclical, which addresses the threats to freedom and dignity posed by AI.
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May 27, 2026
Peter G. Kirchschläger
Pope Leo XIV is right to celebrate the grandeur of humanity, to criticize and reject posthumanism, and to emphasize the essential, categorical, and insurmountable difference between humans and machines. His first encyclical is a necessary exhortation to believers and non-believers alike.
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