Archbishop Vigano: Pope Leo’s New Encyclical Against AI was AI Produced

David Martin | The Daily Knight

On May 15, Pope Leo issued his first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which has raised eyebrows throughout the Catholic world. The encyclical letter “laments” the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enslave humanity when every indication is that Magnifica Humanitas was AI produced to ensnare humanity with perfidious errors.

Former Vatican Nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano recently issued a statement titled, Highly Likely Leo’s Encyclical Made Use Of AI. Therein he says,

“It is highly probable – according to a judgment grounded in textual evidence and experience of how generative models function – that the drafting of Magnifica Humanitas was assisted or, in part, directly generated by an artificial intelligence system.”

That the encyclical was AI produced is plausible when we consider Leo’s multiple connections with radical-left groupings that utilize AI and influence much of what he does.

For instance, we have all witnessed his close connection with the LGBTQ community and how homosexual priests and bishops now hold key positions throughout the Church through his appointments. Under the influence of other religious leaders, Leo claims that all religions reflect “a ray of truth which enlightens all men” and preaches that the Catholic Church is called to dialogue and unite with other religions, which of course is heretical.

Even his encyclical makes the false claim that the Catholic Church is not the sole possessor of Apostolic truth and erroneously states that the popes of past centuries supported slavery (see more below).

It is for good reason that Archbishop Vigano says what he does in his statement, which reads as follows. A couple edits have been made to facilitate reading.

“From an examination of the structure, vocabulary, argumentative transitions, and theological method in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, a picture emerges that, while presenting itself as magisterial, exhibits numerous characteristics typical of a text drafted or strongly assisted by generative artificial intelligence systems. 

“First, the excessive fluidity and structural modularity are striking…. Repetitions of post-conciliar formulas («integral human development», «common good», «solidarity», «subsidiarity», «integral ecology», «throwaway culture») appear standardized and recurrent without significant variations, almost like the output of a prompt that mandates the inclusion of certain keywords from the contemporary Magisterium.”

“Second, there is a lack of deep theological originality and Thomistic rigor. Citations from St. Thomas Aquinas, when present, are brief and paraphrased, without that distinct and penetrating analysis (*distinguo*) that characterized pre-conciliar documents. Discernment on artificial intelligence is reduced to a pastoral integration of the «signs of the times», with emphasis on post-conciliar social principles (from Gaudium et Spes to Fratelli Tutti)….“

Third, the pastoral tone and rhetorical plausibility are excessively uniform. Long, articulated phrases balanced between denunciation and hope, recurrent biblical images (Babel/Jerusalem), and appeals to «shared responsibility» create a high contextual coherence, but one lacking the stylistic variability or personal intensity found in authentically autographed encyclicals. The absence of rhetorical asperities, lexical originality, or speculative depth suggests a drafting optimized for engagement and readability, not for the rigorous custody of the depositum fidei.“

It highly probable – according to a judgment grounded in textual evidence and experience of how generative models function – that the drafting of Magnifica Humanitas was assisted or, in part, directly generated by an artificial intelligence system.”

Every indication is that DDF prefect and ghost writer Cardinal Fernandez was at the center of Leo’s encyclical, which pretends to safeguard humanity from the evils of Artificial Intelligence. Magnifica Humanitas states:

“We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace” (MH 15).

That all sounds nice, but how can the grandeur of humanity be safeguarded when the Vatican today is spewing forth all manner of heresy and spiritual defilement that insults the dignity of the human person? Revolution? Fake doctrine? Idol worship? Feminism? Homosexuality? If Leo was so concerned about safeguarding the dignity of humanity he would condemn these crimes against humanity, but instead he avidly promotes them.

If what Archbishop Vigano is saying is true, the errors of the encyclical will certainly be evident. And in fact they are. The encyclical letter heretically states that the Catholic Church…

“does not claim to possess a monopoly on truth,” because truth is “a good to be shared.”

Sorry, the Church does claim to possess a monopoly on Apostolic truth. It is dogmatically taught that the Catholic Church is the sole heir of Apostolic Tradition and that outside the Church, “There is no salvation or remission of sins.” – Unam Sanctum, Papal Bull of Pope Boniface VIII

Moreover, the encyclical apologizes for the Church’s past “support” of slave labor. It makes the erroneous and blasphemous claim that the popes of past centuries supported slavery, which is a communistic lie. The Church and its popes have never supported slavery in the cruel sense of the word but rather condemned this.

In an article dated May 26, Catholic journalist Chris Jackson states: 

“Gregory XVI, in his Supremo Apostolatus, condemned the slave trade in “Negroes and all other men,” cited earlier papal condemnations, forbade reducing persons to servitude, and reproved the traffic as “absolutely unworthy of the Christian name.” Leo XIII, in his In Plurimis, taught that slavery was contrary to what God and nature originally ordained, praised abolition in Brazil, and presented the Church as the historic enemy of pagan cruelty and the protector of the oppressed.

“That was the Catholic answer. The Church did not need Leo XIV to come along in 2026 and apologize on her behalf.”

Leo’s claim about slavery is uncalled for. It serves no other purpose than to smear the Church’s past and instigate indigenous retaliation.

The Glorification of Man

His encyclical feigns to guard humanity from the enslavement brought on by AI when it is Leo and his Vatican that are enslaving humanity with the promotion of modernist heresy and the promotion of homosexuality. According to the New York Post, 80% of today’s Vatican hierarchy is homosexual. The new encyclical pretends to defend man when what it is doing is deifying man as if he were a god. This is part of what it means by “dignity.” In Magnifica Humanitas the poor, the “marginalized,” and the homosexuals now become the cornerstone of the Church, not Jesus Christ. The whole thing stinks.