Pope Leo XIV exposed his vision of his papacy, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical questions with humanity is confronted with humanity and promising to pursue some of the fundamental priorities of his predecessor, Pope Francis.
In his first official audience, Leo has repeatedly quoted the proper statement of Francis de Francis de Francis, which makes it clear to make the Catholic Church more inclusive, attentive to the faithful and concerned about “less and rejected”.
Leo, the first Pope of American origin, told Cardinals who elected him two days ago that he was fully attached to the reforms of the Council of the Second Vatican which were gathered during the meetings in the 1960s which modernized the Church.
He identified AI as a critical problem, affirming that he poses challenges to the defense of human dignity, justice and work.
Leo referred to AI by explaining the choice of his papal name. Leo XIII, the pope from 1878 to 1903, laid the foundations for modern Catholic social thought – the most famous with his encyclical from 1891 (papal letter) Rerum novarumwho addressed the rights and capitalism of workers at the dawn of the industrial era.
The late Pope criticized both the capitalism of a faire and socialism centered on the state, giving the form of a clearly Catholic vein of economic education.
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“In our time, the Church offers all the treasure of its social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and developments in the field of artificial intelligence which pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and work,” said the current Pope.
Towards the end of his pontificate, Francis, who died on April 21, has become more and more expressed threats to humanity posed by AI and called on an international treaty to regulate it. He warned the technological risks so powerful transforming human relations into simple algorithms.
Francis brought his message to the group of seven industrialized nations when he approached their summit last year, the insistence of AI must remain centered on man so that decisions at the time of using weapons or even less lethal tools are always taken by humans and not machines.
The late Argentinian pope also used his annual annual message of the 2024 annual peace to call for an international treaty to ensure that AI is developed and used in an ethical manner, arguing that a technology without human values of compassion, mercy, morality and forgiveness is too perilous to develop without control.
In Saturday’s speech, pronounced in Italian in the new Vatican Synod Hall, Leo has repeatedly referred to Francis and mourning on his death.
He maintained Francis’ mission statement at the start of his 2013 pontificate, “the joy of the Gospel”, as something of his own walking orders, suggesting that he intends to continue the priorities of Francis.
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He referred to the insistence of Francis on the need for the church to make his leadership more collegial, to express the “affectionate care to say the least and to reject” and to engage in a courageous dialogue with the contemporary world.
Leo also mentioned the need to pay attention to what the faithful say: “especially in [their] The most authentic and inclusive forms, especially popular piety. “”
Welcomed by a standing ovation when entering, Leo has read his prepared text, looking up until occasionally. Even when he appeared for the first time in the world on the loggia of the Saint-Pierre basilica Thursday evening, Leo read from a prepared text that he was able to recover one day before his historic elections or in about hour.
