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Comment by Pope Leo XIV

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Head of the Catholic Church
In fact, as with every major technological shift, AI tends to amplify the power of those who already possess economic resources, expertise and access to data. [...] Otherwise, the digital age will not be post-colonial, but colonial in another form.
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AI Verified Verified on the Vatican page titled "Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)." The page attributes the document to Pope Leo XIV, and it contains the first sentence verbatim at §108 and the second sentence verbatim later in the same text; the [...] is an omission rather than a wording change. The stored author, date, source URL, and content match the source. ([vatican.va](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
Disputed Disputed: the Vatican source URL is real and is an encyclical by Pope Leo XIV dated 15 May 2026, and its paragraph 108 does contain the first sentence verbatim. But I could not find the second sentence in the official text. The related Vatican passage on colonialism instead says the digital age could be “colonial in another form” while discussing data extraction; the exact wording about “AI technology in the hands of few, profit-oriented individuals or groups” appears in a Religion News Service article as indirect/paraphrased attribution (“Leo said, adding that ...”), not as a verbatim quotation from the encyclical. ([vatican.va](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 21d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Pope Leo XIV (2026) from encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas." Vatican primary URL returns HTTP 403 to bots, so corroborated via independent reporting (Vatican News, Religion News, KPBS, NCR). The second sentence matches near-verbatim: the Pope states "AI technology in the hands of few, profit-oriented individuals or groups represents a new form of colonial dominion," and warns that AI tends to amplify the power of those with economic resources, expertise and data. Year (2026) current and correct. Author attribution confirmed. Vote alignment correct: the quote criticizes concentration of AI power/benefits among the few and calls for AI to serve the common good, supporting the statement "The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth" — matching the "for" vote. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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