Pope Leo XIV delivered his first official address Saturday to the College of Cardinals and emphasized the importance of the Catholic Church for humanity’s response to artificial intelligence.
The U.S.-born pontiff explained the inspiration behind his name choice and laid out his vision for his papacy as the 266th successor to St. Peter and head of the Catholic Church.
“Pope Leo XIII, with the historic Encyclical Rerum novarum, addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution,” the Holy Father said.
“Today, the Church offers to all her treasure of social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and the developments of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labor.”
