Naturalism and Apostasy in Leo XIV’s AI Discourse
The VaticanNews portal (December 5, 2025) reports on antipope Leo XIV’s address to the “Artificial Intelligence and Care of Our Common Home” conference, organized by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation and SACRU. The usurper of Peter’s throne declared that “new generations must be helped, not hindered” in technological engagement, advocating “coordinated action involving politics, institutions, businesses, finance […] and religious communities” to govern AI development. He posited humans as “co-workers in the work of creation” while warning against AI’s threat to “humanity’s openness to truth and beauty.” The entire discourse occurs within a purely naturalistic framework, conspicuously avoiding any reference to Christ’s social kingship or the supernatural order.









