AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI and Human Dignity: Pope Leo XIV has created an in-house Vatican study group on artificial intelligence as he prepares his first encyclical, expected to argue for an ethics-first approach that puts human dignity and peace at the center—framing AI as today’s “industrial revolution” question for labor, justice, and society. World Communications Day: The timing matters: Leo’s World Communications Day message this year stresses “human voices and faces,” a direct counterpoint to a world increasingly shaped by machines and synthetic media. Church in the World: Beyond Vatican walls, Pakistan’s bishops returned from their ad limina visit speaking of “new vision and new hope,” while Czech Catholics marked a shockingly brazen relic theft—then reported the stolen skull of St. Zdislava has been recovered. Faith and Daily Life: A new health study also claims regular arts engagement may slow biological aging, adding another reason for Catholics to keep culture close.
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