Vatican City, Sep 22, 2025 / 14:09 pm

Pope Leo XIV revealed in his first interview since being elected pontiff that it’s going to be “very difficult to discover the presence of God” in artificial intelligence (AI), noting that he recently refused a proposal to create an avatar of himself.

He pointed to the loss of humanity in the digital realm and warned that “extremely wealthy” people are investing in AI and “totally ignoring the value of human beings and humanity.”

“The danger is that the digital world will follow its own path and we will become pawns, or be brushed aside,” he warned.

“I think the Church needs to speak out in this regard,” he stated.

During the interview, held on July 10 at Villa Barberini, the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, and published on Sept. 18 in the S

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