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Comment by Pope Leo XIV
Head of the Catholic Church
Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress; instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family. [...] What is needed is a more active political involvement that is capable of slowing things down when everything is accelerating, and of protecting the opportunities for communities still to be able to participate and ask questions.AI Verified source (2026-05-15)
20d ago
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AI Verified
The quote is authentic. The supplied Vatican URL contains the first sentence verbatim in paragraph 106 and the second sentence verbatim in paragraph 107; the [...] omission simply skips intervening sentences without altering the meaning. The page is the official English text of Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas dated 2026-05-15, so the stored content, author, date, and source URL are correct. ([vatican.va](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 2d ago
Disputed
Disputed. The official Vatican page for the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) attributes both passages to Pope Leo XIV, but not in the form given here: §106 says, “Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress; instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family,” and only afterward §107 says, “What is needed is a more active political involvement ...” continuing with “and of protecting the opportunities for communities still to be able to participate and ask questions.” The submitted quote reverses the order and silently omits that latter clause, so it is not verbatim. ([vatican.va](https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 5d ago
AI Verified
Verified quote attributed to Pope Leo XIV from his first encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' (signed 15 May 2026, published 25 May 2026, on AI and human dignity). The Vatican URL and full-text mirrors returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but multiple reputable outlets (CathNews, NBC News, Vatican News, National Catholic Register) confirm the verbatim text: "What is needed is a more active political involvement that is capable of slowing things down when everything is accelerating..." and "Calling for prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI does not mean opposing progress; instead, it is an exercise of responsible care for the human family." Year (2026) is current. Author attribution confirmed. Source URL is the official Vatican encyclical document — the primary source. Vote alignment: the statement is "Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached"; the Pope's explicit call for prudence, slowing AI's pace, and rigorous evaluation aligns with a "for" vote, which matches.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 20d ago
replying to Pope Leo XIV