The Rise of the Catholic Chatbot

Discussion of AI can be overwhelming—both because of the oversaturation of discourse about it in the media and the rapidity of its ongoing incursion into our lives. This is precisely the challenge faced by Pope Leo XIV, who has made AI—and technological acceleration more generally—one of the central themes of his pontificate. How should Christians articulate a theologically grounded response to a phenomenon that is reshaping so many aspects of human life, including the experience of faith?