Why the Catholic Church Is AI Doom’s Most Formidable Foe

· The Dispatch ·

1 min read Original article ↗
An elderly religious leader in white vestments and skullcap sits in a beige chair before microphones against a brown curtained background.

The church has some experience with millenarian cults.

Pope Leo XIV on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening.

Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall.

Earlier this year, the cherub-faced technologist Christopher Olah led a delegation of Silicon Valley executives into the ancient halls of the Vatican to speak at the launch of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. Titled Magnifica Humanitas, the document was a sweeping defense of the biological human being in the age of artificial intelligence.

Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search?

Add Us as a Preferred Source

Claire Lehmann is a contributing writer at The Dispatch and the founding editor of Quillette.

More on AI