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Faith, morality and meaning in the age of AI — religious leaders and thinkers on artificial intelligence.

220 stories tracked since June 2026, from 140 sources

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Pope Leo says AI cannot be ‘morally neutral’
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Pope Leo says AI cannot be ‘morally neutral’

Pope Francis has declared artificial intelligence inherently laden with moral weight, rejecting Silicon Valley's most seductive claim that the technology itself is neutral—a theological intervention that could reshape how the world's 1.3 billion Catholics and beyond think about their relationship with machines. The pontiff's assertion cuts against the grain of tech industry rhetoric and places the Vatican squarely at the center of a crucial debate about whether AI's consequences flow from the code itself or the hands that wield it. With major AI companies citing his words, Francis has managed to inject moral philosophy into a conversation long dominated by engineers and entrepreneurs.

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Congressman talks AOC 'woke' remarks, Vatican AI meeting and retail sales slump
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Congressman talks AOC 'woke' remarks, Vatican AI meeting and retail sales slump

Rep. Ro Khanna reacts to AOC's 'woke 1.0' comments and his meeting with the Pope about AI. Khanna also analyzes the Wisconsin Democratic primary.

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Venice Teen Arrested For Planning Mass Shooting At Church. Shared a 61 page AI-generated manifesto online.
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Venice Teen Arrested For Planning Mass Shooting At Church. Shared a 61 page AI-generated manifesto online.

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Pope Leo XIV Chooses Theme on AI And War For World Day of Peace 2027
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Pope Leo XIV Chooses Theme on AI And War For World Day of Peace 2027

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Pope’s Call to Disarm AI Takes on New Urgency as Systems Become More Autonomous | EWTN News Nightly

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Ram Gopal Varma claims 'AI will be the new religion' and replace organised religion as AGI and ASI evolve

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Pope's AI warning, Meta's New Mexico data center & more

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House lawmakers visit Vatican to discuss AI — and meet the pope

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Major universities abandon AI detection tools amid fears of false accusations

Sydney third year law student David Church, 21, told news.com.au AI use among students was “definitely more common now compared to first year”, with the technology being used for everything from ...

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Pope chooses theme on AI and war for World Day of Peace 2027

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Pope's Call to Disarm AI Takes on New Urgency as Systems Become More Autonomous

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The New Digital Priest: Why is Gen Z Turning to AI for Faith?
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The New Digital Priest: Why is Gen Z Turning to AI for Faith?

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AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed
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AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed

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Zuckerberg Reaffirms Faith In 'Open Weight' AI. Will It Pay Off For Meta Stock?

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The Pope Underestimates AI

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The human person in the time of AI
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The human person in the time of AI

IN his Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2026), Pope Leo XIV shows us the way to safeguard the Human Person in the time of Artificial Intelligence. While recognizing...

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The Pope Got Hung Up On. Your AI Stack Could Be Why.

The accountability gap the Pope describes is an AI architectural failure that will define the next phase of customer service AI.

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AI Is Not Taking Your Job. Someone Using AI Is
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AI Is Not Taking Your Job. Someone Using AI Is

by Olivia Pope — The biggest threat to your career is not intelligence. It is the person sitting next to you who knows how to use intelligence better than…

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The next transformation: Inside Ascott’s agentic AI leap of faith

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