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Jan Matejko, “Hanging of the Sigismund bell at the Cathedral Tower in 1521 in Kraków,” 1874, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland COMMENTARY: In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV makes striking use of the metaphor of building to explain the position in which both the world and the Church now find themselves.

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Once a banker, now a brother of the Order: Éric Salobir organizes confidential meetings between tech giants and the Vatican. In the interview, he tells how this Pope inspired Leo's encyclical.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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The Lord of the Rings takes place in the Middle Earth, a place, in principle, imaginary, inhabited by different races—humans, hobbits, magicians, elves, orcs, dwarfs, strange creatures like Gollum—that confront or collaborate among themselves, under the constant threat of a sinister power that all sees it, Sauron. But that place is, in the background, totally real. It is the world affair that the British writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1972) knew: t…

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Pope Leon XIV included a quote from "The Master of the Rings" in his first encyclical, "Magnificent Humanitas", dedicated to the impact of artificial intelligence on society and the risk of dehumanization. The reference to the universe created by J.R.R. Tolkien quickly attracted the attention of the international press and fans of the series, after the pontifical sovereign quoted a famous passage spoken by the sorcerer Gandalf.

·Romania
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1300 million Catholics yesterday received a letter on artificial intelligence. It is not just any pastoral document. It is the first encyclical of the pontificate of Leo XIV, 235 pages devoted to a single question: what to do with a technology capable of redefining what work is, what it is to think. And among the guests to the presentation in the Vatican there were not only cardinals. There was also a name that, according to Marc Vidal, should m…

Sam Altman wants to sell intelligence by metro. In his encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", Pope Leo XIV explains why even trying is a way to strip us of what makes us human. The post Recovering the flesh: Lion XIV in front of artificial intelligence appeared first on Free Letters.

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Digi 24 broke the news in Romania on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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