{"slug": "anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv", "title": "Anthropic co-founder to present AI encyclical alongside Pope Leo XIV", "summary": "Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, *Magnifica humanitas*, focusing on preserving human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25, 2026. The document will be presented at the Vatican alongside several speakers, including Christopher Olah, co-founder of the AI company Anthropic. The encyclical's release date coincides with the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's landmark social encyclical *Rerum novarum*.", "body_md": "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25\nVatican News\nPope Leo XIV’s first Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25, 2026.\nIt bears the Pope’s signature dated May 15th, 135th anniversary of the publication of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum novarum.\nMagnifica humanitas will be presented on the day of its release at 11:30 a.m. at the Vatican’s Synod Hall.\nThe Pope will be present, along with several speakers: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, a theologian and professor at Durham University (United Kingdom); Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of research on the interpretability of artificial intelligence; and Professor Leocadie Lushombo, I.T., professor of political theology and Catholic social thought at the Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University in California (USA).\nCardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin will offer closing remarks, followed by an address and blessing by Pope Leo XIV.\nThank you for reading our article. You can keep up-to-date by subscribing to our daily newsletter. Just click here", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv", "canonical_source": "https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas.html", "published_at": "2026-05-18 23:18:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-19 02:36:07.119443+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "policy-regulation", "research"], "entities": ["Pope Leo XIV", "Anthropic", "Christopher Olah", "Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández", "Cardinal Michael Czerny", "Professor Anna Rowlands", "Professor Leocadie Lushombo", "Cardinal Pietro Parolin"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-co-founder-to-present-ai-encyclical-alongside-pope-leo-xiv.jsonld"}}