Comment by Pope Leo XIV

This gives rise to significant concerns about the oligopolistic control of algorithmic systems and artificial intelligence, which are capable of subtly influencing behavior and even rewriting human history — including the history of the Church — often without us really realizing it. [...] Behind this enormous invisible force that affects us all, there are only a handful of companies, whose founders were recently presented as the creators of the "Person of the Year 2025," or the architects of artificial intelligence. AI Verified source (2026)