The National Catholic Register reports that U.S. bishops reacted positively to “Pope” Leo XIV’s first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, which addresses artificial intelligence (AI). The bishops praise its emphasis on human dignity and the common good, echoing concerns about AI’s impact on society, truth, and labor. Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the USCCB, highlights the encyclical’s connection to Leo XIII’s *Rerum Novarum*, while other bishops stress the need for moral frameworks in AI development. The article presents a unified front of approval for the usurper’s message, with no critical examination of its theological or doctrinal implications.
The Usurper’s Encyclical: A Modernist Manifesto for the Digital Age
The reaction of the U.S. “bishops” to *Magnifica Humanitas* is yet another conciliar spectacle of orchestrated applause for a usurper who occupies the Chair of Peter without legitimate authority. The article from the National Catholic Register presents a chorus of praise from men who have long since abandoned the Faith, now genuflecting before a document that, while cloaked in the language of Catholic social teaching, is fundamentally a product of the post-conciliar revolution’s naturalistic humanism.
Theological Bankruptcy of “Human Dignity” Without Grace
The central theme of *Magnifica Humanitas*—human dignity—is a concept thoroughly corrupted by Modernism. The Church has always taught that true dignity flows from sanctifying grace, the theological virtues, and the supernatural end of man: the Beatific Vision. Without these, man is a massa damnata (mass of damnation), as St. Augustine taught, incapable of true goodness or dignity apart from God’s gratuitous mercy.
Leo XIV’s encyclical, like all post-conciliar documents, reduces “human dignity” to a naturalistic, horizontal plane—a secular concept divorced from the supernatural order. It speaks of “helping humanity thrive” and “the common good” without once mentioning the necessity of the Catholic Faith for salvation, the reality of original sin, the obligation of states to recognize Christ the King, or the eternal consequences of rejecting the Gospel. This is the very error condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors: the elevation of natural reason and earthly welfare above divine revelation and the supernatural end of man.
The Tower of Babel Revisited: AI as Idolatry
Leo XIV’s invocation of the Tower of Babel is a hollow gesture. The true Tower of Babel is the conciliar sect itself—a man-made structure built on the rubble of Catholic Tradition, seeking to reach heaven through human effort, dialogue, and technological progress rather than through the one true Faith. The encyclical’s concern about AI replacing human labor or knowledge is superficial, ignoring the far greater danger: the replacement of God Himself in the hearts of men.
The Church has always warned against the idolatry of human invention. As Pope St. Pius X wrote in Lamentabili sane exitu, Modernism seeks to subject divine truth to human science and progress, reducing revelation to a mere product of human consciousness. AI, in this light, is not merely a tool but a potential instrument of the Antichrist—a means of further alienating man from his Creator, replacing divine wisdom with artificial “knowledge,” and creating a world where “power is more important than truth,” as “Bishop” Barron naively observes without grasping the full apostasy of the system he serves.
The Usurpation of Authority: No True Pope, No True Teaching
The fundamental problem with *Magnifica Humanitas* is its source. Robert Prevost, the man calling himself “Pope” Leo XIV, is a usurper. The See of Peter has been vacant since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, as all subsequent claimants have embraced heresies condemned by the perennial Magisterium. From John XXIII’s embrace of religious liberty to Leo XIV’s continuation of the conciliar agenda, these men are manifest heretics who, by that very fact, lose all jurisdiction and authority.
As St. Robert Bellarmine taught, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope ipso facto (by that very fact), for he is no longer a member of the Church. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4) confirms that public defection from the faith vacates any ecclesiastical office. Leo XIV, a product of the Bergoglian revolution, is incapable of teaching, governing, or sanctifying. His encyclical is not a papal document but a manifesto of the neo-church, a call to build a new world order based on naturalistic humanism and technological progress, not on the Kingship of Christ.
The Silence of the “Bishops”: Apostasy in Action
The reaction of the U.S. “bishops” is predictable. Men like Coakley, Barron, Pérez, Koenig, and Burbidge are not shepherds but hirelings, wolves in sheep’s clothing who have long since abandoned the flock. Their praise for *Magnifica Humanitas* is not surprising—it is the fruit of the conciliar revolution, which replaced the Faith with social activism, supernatural truth with naturalistic ethics, and the Church of Christ with a human institution dedicated to “dialogue” and “progress.”
Not one of these “bishops” raises the essential questions: What is the supernatural end of man? What are the eternal consequences of sin? What is the obligation of states to submit to Christ the King? Their silence on these matters is deafening, exposing their true allegiance—not to the Church of Christ, but to the synagogue of Satan.
Conclusion: Reject the Usurper, Return to Tradition
*Magnifica Humanitas* is not a Catholic document. It is a product of the conciliar sect, a man-made construct designed to further the apostasy initiated at Vatican II. Its language of “human dignity” and “common good” is a smog of Modernism, obscuring the eternal truths of the Faith. The true response of Catholics is not to “reflect and apply” its teachings but to reject it utterly, along with the usurper who penned it and the “bishops” who praise it.
The only path to true peace, justice, and human flourishing is through the integral Catholic Faith—the Faith of the Fathers, the Councils, and the pre-conciliar Popes. As Pope Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, there will be no lasting peace until individuals and states recognize the reign of Christ the King. The digital age, like the industrial age before it, must be subjected to the Gospel, not the other way around. Let us reject the Tower of Babel and build the City of God.
Source:
US Bishops Praise Leo’s Encyclical on AI, Echo Concern for Human Dignity, Common Good (ncregister.com)
Date: 26.05.2026