Vatican AI Ethics Framework: A Global Moral Authority Enters Debate

Influential Catholic thinker Bishop Robert Barron, channeling the hypothetical encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*, has articulated a significant theological and ethical framework for artificial intelligence. This intervention moves the AI governance debate beyond the typical axis of corporate self-regulation versus state control, introducing a powerful non-state actor with global moral authority. By framing the issue around human dignity and the "technocratic paradigm," the Church is directly challenging the unfiltered utilitarianism driving much of Silicon Valley