Encyclical Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/vatican/pope/encyclical/ England and Wales Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:50:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Encyclical Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/vatican/pope/encyclical/ 32 32 174395915 Catholic social teaching helps us judge how to act with AI, says Bishop Hendricks https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-social-teaching-helps-us-judge-how-to-act-with-ai-says-bishop-hendricks/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-social-teaching-helps-us-judge-how-to-act-with-ai-says-bishop-hendricks/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:42:32 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=118529 Bishop Paul Hendricks, Lead Bishop for Artificial Intelligence for the Bishops’ Conference, offers this reflection on Pope Leo’s first encyclical letter Magnifica humanitas. AI – constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem? The title of the encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, affirms the irreplaceable value of human beings, a theme which runs through the document. I was struck by […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-social-teaching-helps-us-judge-how-to-act-with-ai-says-bishop-hendricks/feed/ 0 118529 CSAN welcomes Magnifica humanitas https://www.cbcew.org.uk/csan-welcomes-magnifica-humanitas/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/csan-welcomes-magnifica-humanitas/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 13:50:33 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117793 Raymond Friel, the Chief Executive Officer of Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), has issued the following statement welcoming the publication of Magnifica humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. CSAN Statement On 15 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, which then joined the rich body of work known as the social doctrine of […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/csan-welcomes-magnifica-humanitas/feed/ 0 117793 Magnifica humanitas is “a gift to the world,” says Professor Anna Rowlands https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas-is-a-gift-to-the-world-says-professor-anna-rowlands/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas-is-a-gift-to-the-world-says-professor-anna-rowlands/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 09:52:20 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117739 On Monday 25 May, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter, Magnifica humanitas, was presented in the Vatican’s Synod Hall. Professor Anna Rowlands, a theologian and Professor at Durham University, was one of the speakers at the presentation, alongside Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas-is-a-gift-to-the-world-says-professor-anna-rowlands/feed/ 0 117739 Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas-encyclical/ Mon, 25 May 2026 11:47:09 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117708 Marking the 135th anniversary of Rerum novarum, Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, entitled ‘Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.’ He appeals for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice, and peace. Read

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]]> 117708 Magnifica humanitas – Overview https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas-overview/ Mon, 25 May 2026 11:34:59 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117685 Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter Magnifica humanitas offers powerful insights into the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, recognising a profound epochal shift. It places the dignity of the human person at the centre as the criteria for guiding technical progress. The Church’s social teaching accompanies these transformations, pointing […]

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]]> 117685 Archbishop Moth welcomes Pope Leo’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-moth-welcomes-pope-leos-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-moth-welcomes-pope-leos-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:01:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117677 President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Richard Moth, has welcomed the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter Magnifica humanitas. “I welcome today’s publication of Pope Leo’s first encyclical: Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. “One of the first interventions of Pope […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-moth-welcomes-pope-leos-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas/feed/ 0 117677 Remaining human in the age of algorithms https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remaining-human-in-the-age-of-algorithms/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remaining-human-in-the-age-of-algorithms/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117691 Editorial Director of Vatican News, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical ‘Magnifica humanitas,’ in which the Holy Father calls for technology to advance without causing the human heart to regress. Editorial by Andrea Tornielli, Vatican News In the age of artificial intelligence, with human dignity in danger of being obscured by enormous […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/remaining-human-in-the-age-of-algorithms/feed/ 0 117691 Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power https://www.cbcew.org.uk/vatican-article-magnifica-humanitas/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/vatican-article-magnifica-humanitas/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=117673 Marking the 135th anniversary of Rerum novarum, Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, entitled ‘Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.’ He appeals for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice, and peace. By Isabella Piro – Vatican News “Humanity, created by God […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/vatican-article-magnifica-humanitas/feed/ 0 117673 Magnifica humanitas https://www.cbcew.org.uk/magnifica-humanitas/ Mon, 18 May 2026 16:47:12 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117511 Pope Leo signed the document on 15 May, the 135th anniversary of the publication of Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum novarum. Read Magnifica humanitas was published on 25 May 2026. You can read Magnifica humanitas on vatican.va here.

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]]> 117511 Cardinal Nichols on Dilexit nos https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/the-church/the-pope/pope-francis/he-loved-us/cardinal-nichols-on-dilexit-nos/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:01:06 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=97114 In welcoming the publication of Pope Francis’ fourth encyclical, Dilexit Nos – He Loved Us, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has emphasised that the Letter is for everyone and that the Sacred Heart of Jesus is “the source of living water that moves us and enables us to reach out to others, to offer forgiveness, to make amends […]

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