Pope Leo XIV and AI Ethics

In his first major encyclical, Pope Leo XIV has delivered a sharp critique of 'technological messianism' and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence.

The pontiff argued that life-and-death decisions must always remain in human hands and warned against reducing people to 'measurable outputs.' He called for a global moral framework to ensure that AI serves human flourishing rather than replacing it.

The document also repudiated the long-standing 'just war' theory, suggesting it has been used too often to justify modern conflicts.