Pope Leo XIV called for artificial intelligence to be more strictly regulated, warning that it can help spread misinformation and normalize war. He also issued an unprecedented apology for the church's role in slavery.
The pope’s AI encyclical was good reading and reminds us to center human dignity, compassion, etc. Lots of ethics to explore with regard to AI and related cultural phenomena.
So when my priest raped me and the church protected him, that was an example of the ethical views and compassion and respect for human dignity you’re talking about?
I guess I always have more to learn from this amazing institution, like how I’m an abomination for being queer.
I am sorry you had gone through that experience. The only church that illuminates at all is the one we can set on fire :')
PS. This thread can easily spin on another reiteration of the arguments around “separating the art from the artist”. That text on AI may have a certain sympathy to some… I haven’t read it. After this post, I thought “maybe I should?”. Thanks to your comment I got centered back in my perspective: “nah. the pope can say whatever he wants to. I won’t be his supporter nor audience.”
“The idea of promoting gender ideology is confusing because it seeks to create genders that don’t exist. So God created man and woman, and the attempt to confuse ideas from nature will only harm families and people”
But he also recently approved a new treatise on human dignity that lists “gender theory” and gender-affirming surgeries — which many, though not all, trans people undergo — among the “grave violations of human dignity in our time,” placing them alongside sexual abuse, human trafficking, poverty and abortion.
The pope’s AI encyclical was good reading and reminds us to center human dignity, compassion, etc. Lots of ethics to explore with regard to AI and related cultural phenomena.
“Fuck the ethical considerations and rush it through!” - most any american business person.
So when my priest raped me and the church protected him, that was an example of the ethical views and compassion and respect for human dignity you’re talking about?
I guess I always have more to learn from this amazing institution, like how I’m an abomination for being queer.
I am sorry you had gone through that experience. The only church that illuminates at all is the one we can set on fire :')
PS. This thread can easily spin on another reiteration of the arguments around “separating the art from the artist”. That text on AI may have a certain sympathy to some… I haven’t read it. After this post, I thought “maybe I should?”. Thanks to your comment I got centered back in my perspective: “nah. the pope can say whatever he wants to. I won’t be his supporter nor audience.”
I am not here to defend that institution at all.
you are not whoever told you this was doing the work of Satan
all of us are God’s creations, and God doesnt make mistakes
your sins do not define you, the crucifixion set you free of them. Have faith in Christ.
And may I ask for your diocese or archdiocese? Have you reported him to the police yet? I am incredibly sorry that happened to you
I’m sure you meant well, but “have faith in Christ” is not an appropriate thing to say to someone that was assaulted by their priest.
The Pope (yes this one your precious Leo) calls me an abomination because I have had bottom surgery.
when has he said that?
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393705/pope-leo-stance-issues-lgtbq-climate-women-politics
Deadly ignorance.
im sorry, I dont see the word abomination here. It is harmful, but he didn’t call it an abomination
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vaticans-condemnation-trans-surgery-new-theologians-discuss