The Digital Tower of Babel: Inside Pope Leo XIV’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’Just over a year into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, has delivered his defining theological and social manifesto. His highly anticipated first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity): On safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, is a sweeping 43,000-word cri...
Report: The Church of Ireland’s Position on Artificial IntelligenceOverviewBased on available reports, the Church of Ireland has not issued a single, centralised official doctrine regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI). Instead, the Church’s stance is reflected through the addresses of its leadership. The current sentiment focuses on the sociological, ethical, and spiritual implications of AI on h...
"Church of England academics and policy advisers have renewed calls for a national conversation on the impact of artificial intelligence on the world of work, warning that rapid technological change raises profound questions."SourceI am not a member of any central Church body, I am a mere retired county Rector. However I am very aware that the world we live in is changing at an unprecedented rate....
Artificial Intelligence and the ChurchI retired in October 2025 and as a little project I decided to do some research on Artificial Intelligence. I realise AI gets a bad press in Church Circles. Most references to it seem to major on how bad it is to use AI to write your sermons. I agree with that. I personally could never preach a sermon written by someone else, human or AI. However there is a lo...