Magnifica Humanitas: The Antipope’s Manifesto of Technocratic Humanism
VaticanNews portal reports on May 25, 2026, that the editorial director Andrea Tornielli presents the first encyclical of the antipope Leo XIV, Magnifica humanitas, as a “summa” applying the “Social Doctrine of the Church” to the age of artificial intelligence. The article celebrates the document as a call to “remain deeply human” amid technological advancement, urging governance of AI to prevent dehumanization, inequality, and the concentration of power in the hands of a few tech actors. Leo XIV is portrayed as continuing the legacy of Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum, advocating for ethical constraints on AI in warfare, the societal role of property including digital assets, and the rejection of the “just war” theory. The editorial frames the encyclical as a balanced approach that neither rejects AI outright nor surrenders to technocratic logic, but instead calls for legal frameworks, oversight, and political systems oriented toward the “common good” and “dignified work.”







