AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoAI Governance Push: Pope Leo XIV has moved from warnings to structure, approving an interdicasterial Vatican commission on artificial intelligence and launching an internal study group as his first AI-focused encyclical nears. The Vatican says the work will center on AI’s effects on people and “human dignity,” with seven Vatican bodies rotating coordination and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development set to lead the first year. Death Penalty Stance: In a separate Rome address, the pope urged OSCE governments to reject the death penalty for drug trafficking and organized crime, arguing “mercy” and rehabilitation protect true justice. Church-World Tensions: The Vatican’s AI push lands amid broader global friction, including a widening Trump–Vatican dispute that’s now tied to immigration and humanitarian policy, not just geopolitics.
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