Leo XIV’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: A Modernist Manifesto Disguised as Social Doctrine
National Catholic Register portal (May 26, 2026) — Msgr. James Shea, president of the University of Mary, offers an enthusiastic commentary on the first encyclical of Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas, praising it as a timely and profound response to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Shea describes the document as a synthesis of Catholic social doctrine, commending its insistence that “the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the face of Jesus Christ.” He highlights Leo XIV’s call for responsible use of technology, his critique of transhumanism, and his appeal to all people of goodwill. Yet beneath this veneer of orthodoxy lies a thoroughly modernist framework—one that reduces the supernatural mission of the Church to a humanitarian project, ignores the primacy of the salvation of souls, and perpetuates the conciliar revolution’s false anthropology and ecumenical universalism. Far from being a beacon of truth, Magnifica Humanitas is yet another milestone in the apostasy of the post-conciliar sect.









