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05/25/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/25/2026 17:43

Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical: Magnifica humanitas

Ambassador Martin Selmayr was present today when Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical: Magnifica humanitas and appreciated when Pope Leo mentioned that in his encyclica, he used Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as an example of authentic culture and art that preserves the spark of humanity - and which can never be replaced or reproduced by artificial intelligence.

https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2026-05/quo-117/magnifica-humanitas.html

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

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