EWTN News reports that U.S. “bishops” have praised Leo XIV’s first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, on artificial intelligence, echoing its concern for “human dignity” and the “common good.” The “bishops” encourage “people of goodwill” to reflect on these teachings, which focus on the ethical implications of AI development and its impact on humanity. This entire spectacle is yet another manifestation of the conciliar sect’s relentless pursuit of relevance in a world it has long since surrendered to, masking its spiritual bankruptcy with bureaucratic platitudes about technology while the faithful are abandoned to the wolves of modernism and apostasy.
The Tower of Babel Rebuilt with Silicon and Good Intentions
The central metaphor employed by Leo XIV in *Magnifica Humanitas* — the choice between constructing a “new Tower of Babel” or building “the city in which God and humanity dwell together” — is a masterclass in modernist ambiguity. It reduces the profound supernatural reality of man’s relationship with God to a simplistic ethical dilemma about technology. The “city in which God and humanity dwell together” is, in Catholic teaching, the Church herself, the *Mystical Body of Christ*, established by Our Lord Jesus Christ as a perfect society endowed with all the means of salvation. It is not a metaphorical construct of human engineering or a utopian project of “people of goodwill.” By framing the issue as a choice between two human constructions, Leo XIV implicitly denies the unique and indispensable role of the Church as the sole ark of salvation, reducing the supernatural order to a mere ethical framework for technological development.
This is the very essence of the modernist error condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici gregis*: **”The Church listening cooperates in such a way with the Church teaching in defining truths of faith, that the Church teaching should only approve the common opinions of the Church listening”** (Proposition 6, *Lamentabili Sane Exitu*). The encyclical does not descend from the mountain of divine revelation; it ascends from the swamp of contemporary opinion, baptizing the anxieties of the age with a thin veneer of theological language.
“Human Dignity” Without the Redeemer: A Hollow Mantra
The relentless invocation of “human dignity” by Leo XIV and the U.S. “bishops” is a hallmark of the post-conciliar revolution’s anthropocentric shift. In Catholic teaching, human dignity is not an autonomous, self-standing concept derived from natural reason alone. It is rooted in the fact that man is created *ad imaginem Dei* (in the image of God) and, more profoundly, redeemed by the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As Pope Leo XIII taught in *Rerum Novarum*, the dignity of the worker is inseparable from his eternal destiny and his subjection to God’s law. Pius XI, in *Quas Primas*, explicitly states that Christ’s reign extends over all men, and that **”His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations or to those who, by receiving baptism according to law, belong to the Church, even though their erroneous opinions have led them astray or discord has separated them from love, but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.”**
The modernist conception of “human dignity,” however, is severed from this supernatural mooring. It becomes a secular idol, a *cultus hominis* (cult of man), where man is the measure of all things, and his “dignity” is defined by his capacity for reason, his autonomy, or his participation in the “common good” — a “common good” that is increasingly divorced from the *bonum commune* of the true Church, which is the salvation of souls and the glory of God. When Archbishop Coakley says, **”The pope calls us to never lose sight of the inherent dignity of all human life and the moral imperative for technology to support peace and the common good rather than the limited interest of a few,”** he speaks a language that any secular humanist could endorse. There is no mention of sin, no mention of grace, no mention of the necessity of the true Faith for salvation, no mention of the social Kingship of Christ. It is a Christianity stripped of its supernatural essence, reduced to a benign ethical advisory board for the technocratic elite.
The “Common Good” of the Abomination of Desolation
The “common good” as invoked by these “bishops” is a chimera, a secularized distortion of the Catholic concept. The true common good of society, as defined by the Church before 1958, is the totality of social conditions that allow men to reach their eternal destiny more easily and perfectly. It presupposes the recognition of God’s sovereignty, the authority of the Church, and the application of Christian principles to all aspects of public and private life. Pius IX, in the *Syllabus of Errors*, condemned the proposition that **”The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits”** (Proposition 39). He also condemned the idea that **”The teaching of the Catholic Church is hostile to the well-being and interests of society”** (Proposition 40).
The “common good” promoted by the conciliar sect is, in reality, the “common good” of a world in open revolt against God. It is a “common good” that accommodates abortion, homosexuality, gender ideology, and religious indifferentism. It is a “common good” that seeks to “reconcile itself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” — a proposition explicitly condemned by Pius IX in the *Syllabus* (Proposition 80). When Bishop Koenig says the encyclical **”leads us through the discernment of what is just and right for the common good of our shared humanity,”** he is leading the faithful into a desert of moral relativism, where “justice” and “right” are determined by the prevailing winds of secular opinion, not by the immutable law of God.
The Silence of the Grave: What the Encyclical Omits
The most damning critique of *Magnifica Humanitas* is not what it says, but what it omits. There is no mention of the necessity of the true Faith for salvation. There is no mention of the Church as the sole ark of salvation. There is no mention of the social Kingship of Christ, the only true foundation of peace and order in society. There is no mention of sin, of the devil, of the last things (death, judgment, heaven, hell). There is no mention of the sacraments as the indispensable means of grace. There is no mention of the necessity of evangelization and conversion to the Catholic Faith.
This silence is not accidental; it is the very signature of modernism. As St. Pius X warned, the modernists are **”enemies within”** who seek to undermine the Church from within, not by open attack, but by subtle infiltration and the corruption of doctrine. They speak of “humanity” but deny the Redeemer. They speak of “dignity” but deny the Fall. They speak of “peace” but deny the Prince of Peace. They speak of “the common good” but deny the *bonum commune* of the true Church.
The encyclical’s focus on AI as a “pivotal choice” for humanity is a deliberate diversion from the true crisis of our time: the apostasy of the conciliar sect itself. While the “bishops” wax eloquent about the ethical implications of algorithms and automation, they remain silent on the far more pressing moral catastrophe of a “Church” that has abandoned its divine mission, that celebrates idolatrous “Masses” where the propitiatory sacrifice is denied, that promotes false ecumenism with heretics and schismatics, and that has become a tool of the Antichrist’s agenda to deconstruct the last remnants of Christian civilization.
The Neo-Church as Chaplain to the New World Order
The U.S. “bishops'” enthusiastic embrace of *Magnifica Humanitas* reveals the true function of the conciliar sect in the modern world: to serve as chaplain to the emerging globalist, technocratic order. By framing the ethical challenges of AI in terms of “human dignity” and the “common good,” the neo-church provides a moral veneer for a system that is fundamentally hostile to the true Faith. It seeks to be “relevant” to the powers of this world, to be a “partner” in the construction of a “better future,” while abandoning the supernatural mission entrusted to her by Christ.
This is the very spirit of the *Syllabus of Errors* condemned proposition 80: **”The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.”** Leo XIV and his “bishops” have done precisely this, not with the errors of the 19th century, but with the far more insidious errors of the 21st. They have made their peace with the machine age, not to sanctify it, but to be sanctified by it, to be seen as “engaged” and “prophetic” in the eyes of a world that cares nothing for the true Faith.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Neo-Church’s False Prophecy
*Magnifica Humanitas* is not a prophetic document; it is a bureaucratic one. It is not a call to conversion; it is a call to accommodation. It is not a defense of the Faith; it is a surrender to the spirit of the age. The U.S. “bishops'” praise for this encyclical is a further testament to their complete assimilation into the modernist project. They are not shepherds of Christ’s flock; they are managers of a declining institution, seeking relevance in a world that has moved beyond them.
The true response to the challenges of artificial intelligence, and indeed to all the challenges of the modern world, is not to seek a “moral and ethical framework” from the conciliar sect, but to return to the unchanging doctrine of the Catholic Faith. It is to recognize that **”There is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved”** (Acts 4:12) — not the name of “humanity,” not the name of “progress,” not the name of “the common good,” but the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, whose reign alone can bring true peace and true justice to the world. Let us reject the false prophecy of the neo-church and cling to the immutable Tradition of the true Church, which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests, outside the structures of the abomination of desolation.
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U.S. bishops praise Leo’s encyclical on AI, echo concern for human dignity, common good (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 26.05.2026