Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical.
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Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical. An encyclical is a pastoral letter issued by the #Pope.
Historically encyclicals serve as a key instrument of the Pope’s ordinary magisterium to guide the faithful on matters of faith, morals, devotion, or social discipline, they are generally not infallible pronouncements ex cathedra.
I’m still reading and digesting, but a quick skim suggests that this is the biggest thing to drop from the #Vatican in my lifetime.
There’s, #AI, there’s transhumanism, there’s social contract, he apologizes for the Church’s blind eye to #slavery, he declared that “just war” is no longer a thing…in a change of policy held since the Crusades. He calls for #OpenSource, he quotes #Tolkien. (I like Da Pope.)
There’s a lot. You can read it here. It’s gonna take me a while to map it all out.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
(www.vatican.va)
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Re Tolkien in the encyclical: (Quoting Gandalf)
213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
#encyclical #Pope #Vatican #AI #OpenSource #Tolkien #MagnificaHumanitas
@MissConstrue LIke, this pope is *taking his job seriously.*
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Re Tolkien in the encyclical: (Quoting Gandalf)
213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
#encyclical #Pope #Vatican #AI #OpenSource #Tolkien #MagnificaHumanitas
Hmm. There's a line I know better from the films, loosely. It goes through my head frequently.
"The only thing for us to decide is what to do with the time given to us."
(Fellowship of the Ring, while in Moria)
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Re Tolkien in the encyclical: (Quoting Gandalf)
213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
#encyclical #Pope #Vatican #AI #OpenSource #Tolkien #MagnificaHumanitas
@MissConstrue And in Native American teachings, consider our actions and how they will affect those for seven generations.
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Hmm. There's a line I know better from the films, loosely. It goes through my head frequently.
"The only thing for us to decide is what to do with the time given to us."
(Fellowship of the Ring, while in Moria)
This is from "The Return of the King" (Book 5, Chapter 9, "The Last Debate")
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Re Tolkien in the encyclical: (Quoting Gandalf)
213. The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”
#encyclical #Pope #Vatican #AI #OpenSource #Tolkien #MagnificaHumanitas
67: Today, among the goods that are universally intended for everyone, we must also include new forms of property, such as patents, algorithms, digital platforms, technological infrastructure and data.
In a context where the wealth of nations depends on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods. In turn, it widens the gap between the included and the excluded, between those who can participate in the digital revolution and those who remain on the margins. Furthermore, care for our common home and our responsibility toward the poor and future generations require that the use of the goods of creation and the new possibilities offered by technology be regulated in such a way as to respect the environment, avoid waste and prevent new forms of exploitation. -
@violetmadder @Pinchy63 it might, actually. The letter is written first to bishops. The Opus Dei sect has had a lot of control in the US, and Da Pope has already gotten rid of a couple, and said Opus Dei is not following doctrine, so…maybe? I dunno man, the Church rarely asks for my opinion. And when I say rarely, I mean, never.
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@MissConstrue And in Native American teachings, consider our actions and how they will affect those for seven generations.
@MissConstrue Sort of how he starts things off...
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This is from "The Return of the King" (Book 5, Chapter 9, "The Last Debate")
@darth_hideout That was so fast! Well spotted, you!
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Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical. An encyclical is a pastoral letter issued by the #Pope.
Historically encyclicals serve as a key instrument of the Pope’s ordinary magisterium to guide the faithful on matters of faith, morals, devotion, or social discipline, they are generally not infallible pronouncements ex cathedra.
I’m still reading and digesting, but a quick skim suggests that this is the biggest thing to drop from the #Vatican in my lifetime.
There’s, #AI, there’s transhumanism, there’s social contract, he apologizes for the Church’s blind eye to #slavery, he declared that “just war” is no longer a thing…in a change of policy held since the Crusades. He calls for #OpenSource, he quotes #Tolkien. (I like Da Pope.)
There’s a lot. You can read it here. It’s gonna take me a while to map it all out.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
(www.vatican.va)
@MissConstrue thank you for sharing the link!
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