Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points. Why it matters: The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity") , signals that the Vatican is aggressively positioning itself as a central moral authority in the global tech debate. Driving the news: The Vatican released Leo's first encyclical on Monday, which he signed at St. Peter's on May 15, 2026, in the second year of his pontificate. - It was signed exactly 135 years after Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum , the landmark 1891 encyclical that became the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching during the…
Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points. Why it matters: The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity") , signals that the Vatican is aggressively positioning itself as a central moral authority in the global tech debate. Driving the news: The Vatican released Leo's first encyclical on Monday, which he signed at St. Peter's on May 15, 2026, in the second year of his pontificate. - It was signed exactly 135 years after Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum , the landmark 1891 encyclical that became the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching during the…Open
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to honor America's fallen soldiers.
WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump participates in a wreath laying ceremony and delivers remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday as part of a Memorial Day observance. Watch LIVE coverage on NEWSMAX and NEWSMAX2.
