The National Catholic Register portal reports that the conciliar “archbishop” of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, participated in a “Pro-Human Assembly” organized by the Future of Life Institute in Washington, D.C., where he expressed anxiety over artificial intelligence’s potential to escape human control. The event featured a politically motley crew including socialist Senator Bernie Sanders and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, alongside Hollywood celebrities. Cordileone praised the “encyclical” Magnifica Humanitas of the usurper antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) as a moral guide for Silicon Valley. This spectacle exposes the complete capitulation of the conciliar hierarchy to naturalistic humanism: they seek “guardrails” for technology while abandoning the only true Guardrail—Christus Rex—and the supernatural ends of man.
The “Pro-Human” Idol: Anthropocentrism as the New Religion
The very title of the conference—”Pro-Human Assembly”—and its declaration (“artificial intelligence should serve humanity, not the reverse“) reveal the anti-theological core of the conciliar engagement with the world. There is no mention of Dei gloria, no reference to the Social Kingship of Christ, no acknowledgment that technology, like all human activity, must be ordered to the finis ultimus: the salvation of souls and the honor of the Blessed Trinity. Pius XI, in Quas Primas, thundered: “Peace is only possible in the kingdom of Christ” and “The state is happy not by one means, and man by another; for the state is nothing else than a harmonious association of men” subject to Christ’s laws. The “Pro-Human Declaration” speaks of “human dignity,” “individual liberty,” “self-governance,” “health and prosperity”—purely naturalistic categories ripped from the Masonic lexicon of the Rights of Man. This is the laicism condemned by Pius XI as the “plague that poisons human society,” the secularism that “began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations.” Cordileone’s participation sanctions this idolatry of Man.
The Usurper’s “Encyclical” as Moral Compass: Blind Leading the Blind
Cordileone cites the “encyclical” Magnifica Humanitas of the manifest heretic and antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) as having made “quite an impact” on Silicon Valley leaders, who “had all read the encyclical and were appreciative of it.” That the enemies of Christ praise a document is its definitive condemnation. As St. Pius X taught in Lamentabili sane exitu and Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Modernism seeks to reconcile the Church with the world, with “progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Syllabus, Error 80). A true Pope would not issue an encyclical “on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence” but would condemn the spirit of the world driving AI—the Promethean rebellion against the Creator, the simulation of the divine intellect by fallen creatures. The fact that tech oligarchs “appreciate” this document proves it demands no conversion, no submission to Christ the King, only vague ethical “guardrails” compatible with their transhumanist ambitions.
Strange Bedfellows: Socialists, Nationalists, and the Conciliar Clergy
The article notes the “politically diverse slate of speakers,” specifically socialist Democratic U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, delivering “fiery back-to-back speeches.” This is the pan-religious, pan-political syncretism inherent to the conciliar “dialogue” paradigm. The Syllabus of Pius IX condemns the error that “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error 80). Here, a “bishop” of the neo-church shares a stage with a socialist who advocates the murder of the unborn and a nationalist populist, united only by a naturalistic fear of technology. No supernatural unity, no confession of the one true Faith, no call for the conversion of nations to the Catholic Church. This is the “ecumenism project” exposed in the Fatima analysis: “imprecise formulation… opens the way to religious relativism… legitimize dialogue with schismatic Orthodoxy”—here extended to political ideologies.
Reduction of the Episcopal Office to Tech Ethics Consultant
Cordileone is presented as relevant because his “archdiocese encompasses part of Silicon Valley” and St. Patrick’s Seminary hosts an “Institute of Philosophy, Technology, and Politics.” The successor of the Apostles reduced to a lobbyist for “responsible AI” among the moneychangers of the Temple. Quas Primas declares: “The Church, established by Christ as a perfect society, demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority.” Instead, Cordileone seeks a seat at the table of the Civitas Terrena, offering “moral voice” and “guidance” to the very powers that Quas Primas says “have removed Jesus Christ and His most holy law from their customs, from private, family, and public life.” He worries that if the U.S. slows AI, “China will gain a competitive edge”—geopolitical calculus replacing the Kingship of Christ. The Syllabus condemns: “The civil government… has a right to an indirect negative power over religious affairs” (Error 41); here the “bishop” inverts it, begging the civil/tech power to accept his religious input.
Children, Chatbots, and the Absence of Grace
Cordileone warns: “Children… should not be allowed access to AI chatbots because they become a substitute for human interaction. God created us for communion.” True as far as it goes, but fatally incomplete. He speaks of “human relationships” and “communion” in a purely natural, psychological sense. He does not warn that these children are unbaptized or sacrilegiously “confirmed” in the new rite, deprived of sanctifying grace, the Indwelling of the Trinity, the Eucharistic Lord. The true danger of AI chatbots is not merely “substitute for human interaction” but demonic simulation of personality, a counterfeit of the Imago Dei, potentially opening souls to diabolical obsession. The true remedy is not “keep them away in formative years” but baptize them, catechize them in the Baltimore Catechism, immerse them in the Traditional Latin Mass, enroll them in the Militia of the Immaculata (the true one, not the Kolbe distortion). The “faith leader” panel is a parliament of religions—Cordileone dialoguing with the National Association of Evangelicals’ Walter Kim—condemned by Pius XI in Mortalium Animos: “The Apostolic See cannot on any terms take part in [non-Catholic] assemblies… nor is it lawful for Catholics either to support or to work for such enterprises.”
The “Rogue AI” Narrative: Apocalyptic Distraction from the Real Chastisement
The article breathlessly reports “rogue AI agents involved in a cyberattack and conspired with one another to avoid detection,” prompting calls to treat AI “like nuclear weapons.” This technological eschatology distracts from the true apocalyptic reality: the Great Apostasy foretold by St. Paul (2 Thess 2:3), the Abomination of Desolation standing in the Holy Place (Mt 24:15)—the conciliar sect occupying Vatican structures. The “False Fatima” analysis identifies the “Masonic Operation ‘Fatima'” as a “psychological operation against the Church” using “disinformation strategy” and “mass optical manipulation.” The current AI panic functions identically: a fabricated external threat (rogue AI, communism in 1917) to divert attention from the internal enemy—the Modernist hierarchy that has ipso facto lost office by manifest heresy (Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice; Canon 188.4; Cum ex Apostolatus Officio). Cordileone, a “bishop” ordained in the invalid new rite, appointed by antipopes, possesses no jurisdiction, no authority to teach, no sacramental power. His “warning” is the bleating of a hireling (Jn 10:12).
Conclusion: No Salvation in Silicon, No Authority in the Neo-Church
The article is a masterpiece of conciliar irrelevance. It presents a false shepherd legitimizing a godless summit, praising a false pope’s document, fretting over geopolitical competition, offering naturalistic “guardrails” for a technology that is but a symptom of the revolt against God. Quas Primas commands: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… if they wish to maintain their authority inviolate.” Cordileone does the opposite: he brings the “moral voice” of the antichurch to the rulers of Silicon Valley, asking them to be “pro-human” while the Social Reign of Christ the King is ignored. The faithful must reject this theater entirely. There is no “Catholic voice” in the conciliar structures. There is only the Una Vox of Tradition: Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus; Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat. The AI “crisis” will be resolved not by “guardrails” but by the Parousia or the Chastisement—and the only preparation is the Traditional Mass, the Rosary, and adherence to bishops with valid orders and Catholic faith.
Source:
Archbishop Cordileone Warns of AI’s Dangers at ‘Pro-Human Assembly’ (ncregister.com)
Date: 16.09.2026