Pope Leo XIV urges AI builders to root tech in human dignity, justice & divine creativity: “Intelligent, relational, guided by love.”
Newsroom (07/11/2025, Gaudium Press ) Pope Leo XIV has called on scientists, entrepreneurs, and pastoral leaders to ensure artificial intelligence serves human dignity, justice, and the common good, rooted in God the Creator’s design: “intelligent, relational, and guided by love.”
In a message to participants at the Builders AI Forum 2025, hosted at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, the pontiff expressed gratitude to those pursuing “research, entrepreneurship, and pastoral vision” to align technological innovation with the Church’s mission.
Technology as Co-Creation with God
“The question is not merely what AI can do,” Pope Leo wrote, “but who we are becoming through the technologies we build.”
He stated that artificial intelligence, “like all human invention, springs from the creative capacity that God has entrusted to us,” adding that “technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation.”
This creativity, he emphasized, bears “an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity.” He urged 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.”
A Shared, Ecclesial Mission
Pope Leo insisted the effort cannot be limited to “laboratories or investment portfolios.” “It must be a profoundly ecclesial endeavour,” he declared, illustrating “the dialogue between faith and reason renewed in the digital epoch.”
He encouraged participants to see their initiatives—whether in education, healthcare, or digital storytelling—as contributions to a shared mission placing technology “at the service of evangelization and the integral development of every person.”
Concluding, the pope affirmed: “Intelligence, whether artificial or human, finds its fullest meaning in love, freedom, and relationship with God.”
- Raju Hasmukh with files from Vatican News
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