Remaining human in the age of AI

Remaining human in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Truly Know Pope Leo XIV's social teachings (+42,000 words) using the Anki flashcard system

Anki flashcards coming soon. Contributions are most welcome.

Links to Pope Leo's material and markdown notes

The Unabridged Merriam-Webster definition of encyclical:

encyclical: an encyclical letter (as sent by a bishop of high church official) that treats a matter of grave or timely importance and is intended for extensive circulation specifically : such a letter issued by a pope

1. The Encyclical

Pope Leo's 42,000 word Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, presented Monday, May 25, 2026.

• Audiobook (free: $0) read by real human persons
• markdown to:
  • edit notes or
  • view rendered markdown locally
  • Create Anki flashcard material

2. The Presentation

• Full Presentation with Distinguished Speakers (VIDEO and markdown transcript)
• Short movie at the Presentation's start (VIDEO and markdown notes)

Know his teachings

Know, in your heart and in your mind and in your body, the principles of Social Doctrine (Social Teaching) by absorbing Pope Leo XIV's reflections found in Magnifica Humanitas forty-two thousand words.

Know by using Anki spaced-repetition flash cards-the same free flashcard system that Medical students use to study tens of thousands of concepts to pass the MCATs to enter a excellent medical school.

Why markdown?

• To add notes to Magnifica_Humanitas-EN.md, without disturbing the original text
• To add flashcard source to Magnifica_Humanitas-EN.md to generate Anki flashcards
• To do grep workflows on Magnifica_Humanitas-EN.md

News

• 2026/10/05 NYC AI Hearing Raises Major Questions
• 2026/09/29 Before the presentation of the encyclical, The New York Times reports:
  Billionaire co-founder of Anthropic pressured Pope-claiming AI models might be "conscious";
  Pope Leo XIV stood firm that "so-called artificial intelligences" do not have a moral conscience (p99).
• 2026/07/31 Rock legend Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV
• 2026/06/02 Mathematicians issue public cry for help and call to action regarding AI
• 2026/05/28 Peter Thiel leaves the United States
• 2026/05/28 Is Pope Leo’s Gandalf quote a dig at Peter Thiel?
• 2026/05/25 Is Magnifica Humanitas aimed at Peter Thiel’s techno-political empire?
• 2026/05/25 Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery
• 2026/05/25 Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power
• 2025/05/13 Faith Meets AI And Tech In Vatican’s Bold Move Under Pope Leo XIV
• 2024/12/21 Twenty-six year-old OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
• 2024/04/24 Cisco Systems joins Microsoft, IBM in Vatican pledge to ensure ethical use and development of AI

Other links related to Magnifica Humanitas

• The Second Vatican Council
  • A Documentary
• Editorial by Andrea Tornielli, Editorial Director of the Vatican News
• Excellent, light-weight, local markdown viewer and its PyPi link
• Two hour Presentation by Pope Leo and Distinguished Speakers of the Encyclical
• Official Magnifica Humanitas from the Vatican
• Another markdown version
• GitHub Search for Magnifica Humanitas
• GitHub Search for Vatican
• This repo
• Skilled coders hate AI (LLM models specifically):
  • A year of agentic coding and its results
  • Prototyping and building production projects was possible before without AI
  • Quitting AI greatly improved this coder's mental health and enjoyment of life
• transcript

Credits and License

The Magnifica Humanitas is copyrighted by the Vatican:

Copyright © Dicastery for Communication - Libreria Editrice Vaticana

The notes, meta-data, and flashcard material contained herein is copyrighted by:

Copyright © 2026, DV Klopfenstein, PhD. All rights reserved.