Brussels says the pope’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas echoes values already written into Europe’s tech laws, even as Parliament moves to ease parts of the AI Act.
The European Commission has told EWTN News that Pope Leo XIV’s call for AI to serve human dignity and the common good reflects principles already embedded in the EU’s approach to regulating technology, as lawmakers voted on Tuesday to postpone certain obligations under the bloc’s landmark AI Act.
“We could not agree more with the vision of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and with the need for a robust legal framework for AI,” Thomas Regnier, European Commission spokesperson for tech sovereignty, security, and democracy, told EWTN News following a recent Commission dialogue bringing together EU officials, Church leaders, and experts to discuss AI’s ethical and social impact.
“In the EU, this is not just an aspiration. It is already what we are doing through the AI Act, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the GDPR and much more,” Regnier said.
From Magnifica Humanitas to Brussels
The closed dialogue followed Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, published May 25, and offered an early opportunity to gauge whether its themes are resonating with
