Anthropic’s Chris Olah at the Vatican press conference to present Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI: “There is a real possibility that AI will displace human labor at very large scale. If that happens, supporting those displaced will be a moral imperative of historic proportions.”Pope Leo wrote in the encyclical, “The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate

Pope Leo will publish the first encyclical of his papacy on May 25, an authoritative teaching document to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics expected to address the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity. Vatican correspondent Joshua McElwee said Vatican sources expected the pope to address “the growing threats of AI to humanity."

At today's General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s constitution on the sacred liturgy, and urged priests to respect the texts and norms of the Mass. The Holy Father reminded priests not to alter the liturgy “on their own initiative,” warning that such changes can create confusion among the faithful.