The Neo-Church’s Theater of Artificial Concern: AI Deepfakes and the Abandonment of the Supernatural
National Catholic Register portal (May 21, 2026) reports that Cardinal Jose Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, warned at a conference held at the Pontifical Urban University that AI deepfakes pose a threat to authentic human encounter. The conference, titled “Preserving Human Voices and Faces,” was organized by the Dicastery for Communication and preceded the release of “Pope” Leo XIV’s anticipated encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. Bishop Paul Tighe expressed hope that this document would initiate dialogue and keep “the human at the center” of AI development. This spectacle of concern from the conciliar sect reveals, upon examination through the lens of integral Catholic theology, a profound spiritual bankruptcy: the neo-church, having abandoned the supernatural order and the true reign of Christ the King, now scrambles to address technological symptoms while ignoring the root cause of modern civilization’s collapse — the expulsion of God from public and private life.

