[OPINION] Beyond AI: Leo probes modern humanism
Source: Rappler
Published on: 2026-06-07 02:01
'The encyclical is a Catholic attempt to take humanism itself from the Enlightenment movement and back to its Christian roots' Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, did not disappoint. The document has been a year in the making; the Pope hinted at it just two days after his election. The drafting has involved not only theologians but also tech experts, and now the secular press treats the outcome as one of the most significant institutional interventions in the global debate on artificial intelligence (AI) to date. Yet the encyclical is not merely a moral treatise on advanced technologies. It is a Catholic attempt to take humanism itself from the Enlightenment movement and back to its Christian roots. For the Philippines, whose political tradition reflects an encounter between these two traditions, this intervention carries particular significance. The Enlightenment w...
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