Matthew Dunch, Author at America Magazine

Pope Leo XIV meets the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican on May 10, 2025. In his remarks to the cardinals, the pope said that church teaching is relevant to “developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.” (Vatican Media via AP)

Faith, Short Take

Pope Leo XIV can bring Catholic social teaching into the A.I. age

by Matthew Dunch May 15, 2025

In these early days of the A.I. revolution, a lesson from the first Industrial Revolution holds firm. Catholic social teaching instructs us to look beyond machinery to people.