Magnifica Humanitas: Towards a civilisation of love
Pope Leo’s first encyclical is presented at the Vatican on Monday 25 May 2026.
ALAMY/ABACA, SIMONE RISOLUTI
The Catholic Church is not Luddite and welcomes technologies within the terms of the covenant between God and humanity.
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS, signed on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, commemorates and updates the themes of Pope Leo XIII’s landmark encyclical. Pope Leo XIV told the world that he chose his name as a mark of continuity with his predecessor’s witness and task amid the seismic shifts of the Industrial Revolution.
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