Pope Leo tells African students AI revolution risks changing ‘our very relationship with truth’ April 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has warned that the rise of artificial intelligence threatens to change humanity’s relationship with truth, calling on Catholic universities to help form leaders capable of navigating an increasingly digital world with integrity and discernment.
ANALYSIS: Deepfake popes and bishops abound: Here’s how Church can push back ‘AI attack’ on truth April 11, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News The scene in the video shared over Instagram is charged with confrontation — bulletproof-vested and masked U.S. immigration agents, some of them with egg-spatter on them, are confronted by a silver-haired Catholic bishop on the steps of a Gothic-looking church.
Can AI be a tool for virtue? Catholics grapple with Anthropic’s claim of virtuous AI March 14, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, Vatican, World News In a room full of Dominican friars and Catholic philosophy professors, a priest and AI researcher read aloud excerpts pertaining to ethics from the guiding “constitution” of one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies, drawing laughter from the audience of Thomists.
Just war theory in the age of AI weapons and the ‘Department of War’ March 12, 2026By Charles C. Camosy OSV News Filed Under: AI, Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East What does the Catholic Church have to say about war? How does the concept of a “just war” which has roots in St. Augustine’s writings relate to modern warfare? And what does a discussion of the ethics of war look like with modern weaponry, including weapons made with artificial intelligence?
‘Underbelly of the AI industry’: Panel explores data centers’ ecological, economic impacts March 6, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: AI, Environment, News, World News The explosion of massive data centers to handle the increasing generative demands of artificial intelligence have placed high demands on both power and the water used in cooling systems — millions of gallons per day — and low-income communities have typically endured the brunt of the air pollution they create. This was the topic of a March 5 webinar, “The Growing Impacts of Data Centers on Our Neighbors and God’s Creation,” hosted by the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant.
Pope Leo XIV tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok February 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, social media, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek “likes” on social media platforms like TikTok.
Lt. Gov. Miller, college leaders seek student feedback on AI at St. Frances Academy forum February 20, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: AI, Feature, Local News, News, Schools St. Frances Academy in Baltimore hosted Maryland’s “AI Future: Education, Equity and the Emerging Workforce” students’ town hall event with Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and a panel of college presidents Feb. 20.
We are not created for algorithms, but human encounter, Pope Leo says in programmatic message on AI January 26, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV didn’t just write his first message as pontiff for World Communications Day Jan. 24. He wrote a programmatic document on artificial intelligence in response to the challenges of the modern world, just like Pope Leo XIII faced the industrial revolution more than a century before.
Trump’s order and Pope Leo’s vision for regulating AI: Can they converge? January 10, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, World News Since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence began in the 2020s — with its ability to generate human-like text, realistic images, and convincing film — users and developers of AI have warned consistent regulatory guardrails are necessary to protect against documented harms, an issue of particular concern to Pope Leo XIV.
Catholic Law conference puts spotlight on Big Tech ethics in the era of AI November 23, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: AI, Colleges, News, World News Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way people live and work. But who decides what society is owed by those who develop it, sell it and use it? Especially when it comes to the potential good or harm AI might — or can — do?
Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic technologists to spread the Gospel with AI November 7, 2025By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: AI, Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should support the church’s mission of evangelization, urging Catholic technologists and venture capitalists gathered in Rome to build systems that help spread the Gospel.
Catholic Media Association releases new AI guidelines to keep ‘human dignity’ central October 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Journalism, News, World News As the use of artificial intelligence accelerates, the Catholic Media Association is calling for its members to adopt a holistic, moral approach — one rooted in Catholic teaching — regarding AI.
