The Pillar portal reports that on May 25, 2026, the usurper Robert Prevost, known as “Pope Leo XIV,” presented his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, dedicated to artificial intelligence. The document, touted as a programmatic text on social issues, calls for the “disarmament” of AI, criticizes autonomous weapons systems, and expresses concern for the “digital transformation’s” impact on the poor and human labor. In an unprecedented move, Leo XIV personally presented the encyclical to the curia, diplomatic corps, and press, alongside Christopher Olah, co-founder of the AI company Anthropic. The text and the accompanying event reveal a “Church” that has entirely abandoned its supernatural mission to become a chaplain for the technocratic world order, seeking relevance by dialoguing with the architects of a system that threatens to reduce the human person to data and productivity.
The Abandonment of the Supernatural Mission
The very title of the encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, is a telltale sign of the conciliar revolution’s core error: the cult of man. Instead of magnifying God and His infinite majesty, the document magnifies humanity itself. This is a direct inversion of the Catholic principle expressed in the Gospel: “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). The true Church has always directed man’s gaze toward his supernatural end — the Beatific Vision and eternal salvation. The neo-church, as demonstrated by this encyclical, is fixated on the temporal, the material, and the “digital transformation,” effectively reducing the Faith to a set of social concerns. As Pope Pius XI stated in Quas Primas, the reign of Christ the King is not of this world, and His kingdom is primarily spiritual. By focusing on AI as the primary concern, Leo XIV implicitly denies the Church’s primary mission: to save souls.
Dialogue with the World: The Spirit of the Council
The event itself is a spectacle of the post-conciliar obsession with “dialogue” and “listening.” Leo XIV claims to have listened to “scientists and engineers,” “political leaders,” “parents and teachers,” and, most notably, the co-founder of a major AI company. This is the very essence of the conciliar error condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors, particularly proposition 80: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.” The true Church does not dialogue with the world on the world’s terms; she teaches, governs, and sanctifies. She is a perfect society, endowed with all the means necessary for her mission, and does not need to seek wisdom from those building systems that threaten human dignity. The presence of Christopher Olah at the presentation, and his grateful acknowledgment of the Church’s role as a “thoughtful critic,” reveals the neo-church’s desire to be a respected partner in the technocratic project, rather than a prophetic voice calling for repentance and the Social Reign of Christ the King.
The Heresy of Indifferentism and the Worship of Technology
Cardinal Michael Czerny’s defense of the dialogue — “we run the risk and if it doesn’t go well we can say that dialogue broke down because the other party wasn’t playing fair” — is a modernist platitude that ignores the Church’s duty to condemn error. The Church does not engage in dialogue with those whose fundamental premises are antithetical to the Faith. The development of AI, particularly as described by Olah, raises profound theological questions about the nature of the soul, conscience, and free will — questions that the neo-church is utterly unequipped to address, having already abandoned the scholastic philosophy that provides the tools for such discernment. Instead, the encyclical speaks of “human dignity” and the “common good” in vague, naturalistic terms, divorced from the supernatural virtues and the necessity of grace. This is the error of indifferentism, condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus (proposition 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true”), applied to the realm of technology and ethics. The neo-church treats the technocratic elite as partners in a common human project, rather than as potential agents of a new form of idolatry.
The Omission of the True Danger: Modernist Apostasy
The encyclical’s focus on AI as a threat to peace and human dignity is a classic diversion from the true crisis facing the Church. The primary danger is not artificial intelligence but the modernist apostasy that has consumed the conciliar structures since the mid-20th century. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, the modernists are the “synthesis of all errors,” and their infiltration of the Church is the greatest threat to the Faith. The Magnifica humanitas, by engaging with the technocratic world, ignores the real enemies within — the very modernists who have dismantled the Church’s liturgy, doctrine, and discipline. The encyclical’s call for “disarmament” is hollow when the neo-church itself has been disarmed of its supernatural weapons: the true Mass, the sacraments administered with proper intention, and the uncompromising proclamation of Catholic dogma.
The Reduction of the Human Person
Leo XIV’s statement that “no one can be reduced to productivity, to cognitive performance, or to mere data” is a superficial nod to human dignity that lacks any theological depth. The Catholic understanding of the person is rooted in the imago Dei, the supernatural vocation to grace, and the reality of original sin. The encyclical’s language is that of secular humanism, not Catholic theology. It speaks of “interiority” and “vocation to love and worship” without defining these terms in a Catholic context. This is the error of the “cult of man” condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium. The true Church teaches that man’s dignity comes from his creation in God’s image and his redemption by Christ, not from his cognitive abilities or his role in the digital economy.
The Collaboration with the Architects of the New World Order
The collaboration with Anthropic and other AI companies is not a sign of pastoral concern but of capitulation to the spirit of the age. The development of AI, with its potential for mass surveillance, social control, and the erosion of privacy, is a key component of the emerging technocratic world order. By seeking to “discern” with the architects of this system, the neo-church positions itself as a moral advisor to the powerful, rather than a voice for the voiceless and a defender of the Faith. This is the very opposite of the Church’s mission, which is to preach the Gospel to the poor and to challenge the powers of this world in the name of Christ the King.
Conclusion: A Church Without a Cross
The Magnifica humanitas and the spectacle surrounding its presentation are a clear manifestation of the neo-church’s complete integration into the liberal, technocratic world order. It is a “Church” that has abandoned the Cross for the algorithm, the supernatural for the natural, and the mission of salvation for the project of “human development.” The true Church, the Church of all ages, endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith, who attend the true Mass, and who reject the modernist revolution in its entirety. The Magnifica humanitas is not a beacon of hope but a sign of the times — a sign that the abomination of desolation continues to occupy the Vatican, and that the faithful must cling to Tradition with ever greater fervor.
Source:
Pope Leo: AI needs to be ‘disarmed’ (pillarcatholic.com)
Date: 25.05.2026