Opinion: Pope Leo reminds us of the value of our shared humanity ^64.7%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Simon - 5/30/2026, 12:00 PM

Negativity Bias 40.7% - Appeal to Emotion 27.4% - Framing Effect 26.4%

Pope Leo released his first encyclical this week. He called it Magnifica Humanitas — or Magnificent Humanity. In it, he compares the swift, irresistible rise of Artificial Intelligence in our lives to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which ends with God punishing humans for their hubris. Though the pope says he welcomes the... more