{"id":73058,"date":"2026-05-25T20:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/pope-leo-xiv-condemns-sacrificing-jobs-for-ai-profits-in-landmark-encyclical\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:13:47","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-condemns-sacrificing-jobs-for-ai-profits-in-landmark-encyclical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/pope-leo-xiv-condemns-sacrificing-jobs-for-ai-profits-in-landmark-encyclical\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV Condemns Sacrificing Jobs for AI Profits in Landmark Encyclical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Pope Leo XIV\u2019s 1st AI encyclical warns that unregulated tech threatens labor, demanding new social rules next.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The Catholic Church rejects using AI just for profit, next urging markets to prioritize a human-centric goal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Pope Leo XIV next urges global regulators to shift away from GDP toward a new metric for overall well-being.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Pope Leo XIV Issues First AI Encyclical Letter: Humanity Must Remain \u201cProfoundly Human\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) technology and recent developments affecting human labor and its significance have pushed today\u2019s religions to examine these circumstances and adapt their dogma to these new times.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Pope Leo XIV, the first American and Peruvian pope, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> his first encyclical letter dealing with this issue, titled <b><span class=\"title-1-color\">MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. <\/span><\/b><span class=\"title-1-color\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px\">The<\/span> document seeks to issue recommendations to magnify the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, considering that this technology should not be classified as a force antagonistic to humanity, but that it <strong>\u201ccan cause harm when not oriented toward the good.<\/strong>\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the document, Leo XIV addresses several of the church\u2019s concerns, acknowledging the age of transformation humanity is passing through after the surge of AI, calling to remain <strong>\u201cprofoundly human\u201d<\/strong> as <strong>\u201chuman dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The chief of the Catholic Church warns about the rise of a technocratic paradigm, cemented in the tendency to <strong>\u201clet the logic of efficiency, control and profit alone shape personal, social and economic decisions,\u201d<\/strong> and warns about the effects of a few wielding AI. <strong>\u201cWhen such power is concentrated in the hands of a few, it tends to become opaque and evade public oversight, increasing the risk of distorted forms of development that give rise to new dependencies, exclusions, manipulations, and inequalities,\u201d <\/strong>he expressed.<\/p>\n<p>The value of work and the new role of the human being in the work environment are also part of Leo XIV\u2019s analysis. His Holiness claims that <strong>\u201cwork is not simply an instrument; it expresses and enhances the dignity of our lives,\u201d<\/strong> labeling it as <strong>\u201ca requirement of the human condition, a normal path toward maturity, development and personal fulfilment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In light of how some AI industry <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-pushes-universal-high-income-checks-as-ultimate-solution-for-ai-unemployment\/\">figureheads<\/a> are claiming that AI might result in a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/americans-get-wary-as-ai-layoffs-surpass-100k\/\">unemployment<\/a>, Leo XIV claimed that, to the eyes of the church:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe 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 to human dignity and the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To this end, the pope warns that we must shift from current economic metrics, including Gross Domestic Product (GDP), to new definitions that take the overall well-being of people and the environment into account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn the age of AI and robotics, it is no longer possible to rely solely on the \u2018invisible hand\u2019 of the market,\u201d<\/strong> he concluded, claiming that politics and regulations, as well as international collaboration, must be set to promote social inclusion, the common good, and dignified work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/pope-leo-xiv-condemns-sacrificing-jobs-for-ai-profits-in-landmark-encyclical\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Pope Leo XIV\u2019s 1st AI encyclical warns that unregulated tech threatens labor, demanding new social rules next. The Catholic Church rejects using AI just for profit, next urging markets to prioritize a human-centric goal. 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