The Holy See Press Office announces the following:
The Holy Father Leo XIV will shortly issue his first Encyclical Letter, entitled Magnifica Humanitas, on Safeguarding the Human Person in the time of Artificial Intelligence.
The Encyclical Letter will bear the signature of the Holy Father, dated 15 May, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
The Document will be presented on 25 May 2026 at 11.30, in the Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father.
The speakers will be:
· Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
· Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development;
· Professor Anna Rowlands, political theology, including the Social Doctrine of the Church, and theological ethics of human migrations, Department of Theology and Religion of Durham University, United Kingdom;
· Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic, United States of America, and head of research on the interpretability of artificial intelligence;
· Professor Leocadie Lushombo, i.t., political theology and Catholic social teaching, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California.
Conclusion from Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Intervention and blessing of Pope Leo XIV.
