Pope Leo XIV has urged scientists, entrepreneurs, and Church leaders involved in AI development to ensure that emerging technologies uphold human dignity and serve the common good. Addressing participants at the Builders AI Forum 2025 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he praised those striving to align innovation with moral and spiritual values, emphasizing that technology should advance humanity while staying true to ethical and faith-based principles.
Technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation. It carries an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity. The Church therefore calls all builders of #AI to cultivate moral discernment as a…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) November 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV reflected on the deeper meaning of artificial intelligence, reminding innovators that “the question is not merely what AI can do, but who we are becoming through the technologies we build.” He emphasized that AI, like all human inventions, “springs from the creative capacity that God has entrusted to us,” making technological progress a “form of participation in the divine act of creation.”
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Highlighting the moral responsibility tied to innovation, the Pope said that such creativity carries “an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity.” He urged scientists and developers to “cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work, to develop systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life.”
🇻🇦 POPE LEO XIV: AI SHOULD CARRY SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY
“Technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation. It carries an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity.
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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 8, 2025
Pope Leo XIV emphasized that the pursuit of ethical AI should extend beyond laboratories and financial interests, calling it “a profoundly ecclesial endeavour.” He said that developing responsible technology “illustrates the dialogue between faith and reason renewed in the digital epoch,” urging the faithful to view AI as part of the Church’s ongoing engagement with modern science and society.
He encouraged participants to see their work as a shared mission to place technology “at the service of evangelization and the integral development of every person.” The Pope highlighted that every initiative, from education to healthcare and digital storytelling, can serve this vision, reminding that “intelligence, whether artificial or human, finds its fullest meaning in love, freedom, and relationship with God.”
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