Pope Leo XIV has issued a stern warning to Catholic clergy, urging them not to rely on artificial intelligence tools to draft their homilies. He emphasized that machines lack the capacity to truly share faith and that priests must rely on their own spiritual and intellectual engagement.
Speaking to priests in Rome, the Pope compared the brain to a muscle that dies if not exercised, advising them to “resist the temptation” of AI shortcuts. He argued that a sermon is an act of personal witness, something a computer program can never replicate authentically.
The comments highlight growing concerns within the Church about technology’s role in spiritual life. The Pope also cautioned against seeking validation through social media likes, reminding clergy that true evangelization goes beyond online popularity .
Pope Warns Priests Against Using AI to Write Sermons
