The Holy Father published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on 25th May 2026. It was signed on 15th May, marking the 135th anniversary of the publication of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum.
This section of the website provides basic resources on the encyclical and will be built up over the 12 months following publication. A series of articles on the encyclical will be published on the blog and links to each of those will be published below. The purpose is to provide a brief, accurate and faithful set of resources, largely from official sources, and a separate section of articles summarising or discussing different aspects of the document.
The Archbishop of Westminster, Richard Moth, responded to the encyclical as follows:
“At every age, humanity lives with changes and the development of AI calls us to think about the opportunities and challenges it brings…The technologies that have been created through human skill should be used at the service of truly human ends…I commend the encyclical to all Catholics and people of good will as an important contribution to integral human development during a time of considerable change.
I hope these resources, and the forthcoming articles, will be helpful in studying the encyclical.”
