{"id":215430,"date":"2026-05-18T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/pope-leo-to-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-on-may-25\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:35:21","slug":"pope-leo-to-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-on-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/pope-leo-to-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-on-may-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo to issue first major work, addressing AI, on May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-may-25-2026-05-18\/\">Pope Leo to issue first major work, addressing AI, on May 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-may-25-2026-05-18\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-may-25-2026-05-18\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 06:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.reuters.com\">www.reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pope Leo XIV is set to release an encyclical titled &#8220;Magnifica Humanitas&#8221; on May 25, focusing on emerging themes such as artificial intelligence and workers&#8217; rights.<\/li>\n<li>The document is expected to address global conflicts and provide comprehensive guidance on workers&#8217; rights, reflecting the Church&#8217;s historical emphasis on social justice.<\/li>\n<li>Contrary to typical tradition, Pope Leo XIV himself will participate in a presentation of the encyclical, accompanied by Christopher Olah of AI company Anthropic.<\/li>\n<li>The encyclical carries significant weight as one of the highest forms of papal teachings addressed to the Church&#8217;s 1.4 billion members.<\/li>\n<li>This marks Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s first extensive document, often outlining the priorities and moral views of the pontiff towards contemporary social issues.<\/li>\n<li>The pope has previously expressed concerns over the misuse of AI in warfare, drawing criticism from political figures, including former President Donald Trump.<\/li>\n<li>The papal document is rooted in the tradition started by Pope Leo XIII\u2019s encyclical on laborers&#8217; rights, underscoring an ongoing theme regarding the protection of workers.<\/li>\n<li>The timing of the encyclical&#8217;s signing coincides with the anniversary of a similar text by Pope Leo XIII advocating for improved labor conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo to issue first major work, addressing AI, on May 25 https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-issue-first-major-work-addressing-ai-may-25-2026-05-18\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/3LQ66HH7YRMIXPOY67RM3FLRQA.jpg?auth=cb7f689b4b9674c8acfbc852e5f48e8e520f4e95c40e560a07a619281d25bb84&height=1005&width=1920&quality=80&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-215430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215432,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215430\/revisions\/215432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}