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The only concession Europe or Ukraine should agree to is that in exchange for retreating, the kremlin regime can keep their position inside russia until the people reject them. And even that is a huge concession. The regime should actually be locked up for rest of their miserable lives. https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-urges-concessions-to-end-war-in-ukraine/ #Ukraine #russia #Pope

https://www.europesays.com/3181046/ Argentines pray that Pope Leo’s visit alleviates their economic stress #business #CatholicChurch #CompensationAndBenefits #EconomicPolicy #GeneralNews #GovernmentPolicy #Inflation #Pope #PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV #Religión #StatoDellaCittàDelVaticano #StatusCivitatisVaticanae #Vatican #VaticanCity #VaticanCityState #Vaticano #WorldNews

Jezebel | By the Powers of Gandalf and the Pope, a Holy War Has Been Declared on AI by Danielle Han AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Pope Leo III’s inaugural encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” a 42,300‑word teaching document, frames the rapid rise of artificial intelligence as a moral danger, warning that unchecked development could become a new “Tower of Babel” and a force antagonistic to humanity. While not opposing technological progress, the Pope calls for rigorous evaluation, slower adoption when necessary, and stronger oversight—especially regarding autonomous weapons and the erosion of traditional “just war” principles. He invokes J.R.R. Tolkien’s Gandalf to underscore collective responsibility for “uprooting evil” and stresses that AI must serve humanity’s well‑being rather than dominate it, positioning the Vatican’s stance as a thoughtful, faith‑based critique of contemporary AI enthusiasm and its political exploitation. Read more: https://www.jezebel.com/by-the-powers-of-gandalf-and-the-pope-a-holy-war-has-been-declared-on-ai #Pope #Vatican #Anthropic #ChristopherOlah #Gandalf #JRRTolkien

Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical. An encyclical is a pastoral letter issued by the #Pope. Historically encyclicals serve as a key instrument of the Pope’s ordinary magisterium to guide the faithful on matters of faith, morals, devotion, or social discipline, they are generally not infallible pronouncements ex cathedra. I’m still reading and digesting, but a quick skim suggests that this is the biggest thing to drop from the #Vatican in my lifetime. There’s, #AI, there’s transhumanism, there’s social contract, he apologizes for the Church’s blind eye to #slavery, he declared that “just war” is no longer a thing…in a change of policy held since the Crusades. He calls for #OpenSource, he quotes #Tolkien. (I like Da Pope.) There’s a lot. You can read it here. It’s gonna take me a while to map it all out. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #Trump #Pope #IranWar @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

https://nickanderson.substack.com/p/the-pope #trump #PopeLeo #pope

Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson on #Trump #Pope – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

⬆️ @goatrodeo@mstdn.social >> So #Trump has attacked everyone, and I mean everyone. The #Pope even. Makes you wonder why he has nothing but love notes for #Putin then? Or #Bibi? Two war criminals get nothing but slavish love from Trump. And this slavish love ought to be the one thing that derails his lawyers' efforts to plead #insanity when the time comes. Unhinged actions like pretending to be #God are a good setup for a future insanity plea, but Trump is consistently sane in not antagonizing these two.

Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on #Trump and the #Pope @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

BREAKING - In an attempt to prove he’s not “soft on crime”, the #Pope demands prosecution for the crimes exposed in the #Epstein files

Let's check in on Trump's rage against the Pope. "Catholics" JD Vance and Marco Rubio are notably silent. Remember this is what the GOP wants. The Pope says he's not afraid of Trump. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-not-big-fan-weak-terrible-pope-leo-rcna331461 An enraged Trump posts a picture of himself as Jesus. 25th Amendment time. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-himself-as-christ-after-bonkers-pope-attack/ Some of MAGA is waking up to Trump's blasphemy. https://www.mediaite.com/online/gross-blasphemy-maga-die-hards-deliver-rare-rebuke-of-trump-for-posting-unacceptable-meme-depicting-himself-as-jesus/ #pope #catholic #trump #politics #uspol #religion.

Apparently, the #Pentagon has threatened the #Pope . https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump

#pope #meta #spotOn

This week in Christian history: Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated, first Methodist church chartered Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I, the first chartered Methodist church in the United States, and the death of Amanda Smith. #QueenElizabethI #AmandaSmith #JohnWesley #missionary #Methodism #history #pope #excommunicates Source: https://www.christianpost.com/news/this-week-in-christian-history-queen-elizabeth-i-excommunicated.html #Faith #ChristianNews #Bible

Is the #Pope a Star Wars fan?

Also: a strong and well thought-out message on #AI, social media and other things that interest us here on Fedi.

Never thought I will read this list of tech terms in an official message from the #Vatican:

Chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) are proving to be surprisingly effective at covert persuasion through continuous optimization of personalized interaction. The dialogic, adaptive, mimetic structure of these language models is capable of imitating human feelings and thus simulating a relationship.

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/communications/documents/20260124-messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html