At the start of June 2026, Covenant hosted a series of essays engaging the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Pope Leo’s new encyclical, Magnifica humanitas. The essays echo some of the pope’s concerns, consider the larger issues of anthropology, vocation, and technology, and intersect Magnifica humanitas with Anglican theological reflection. Here’s a series round up.
Outsourcing our Humanity: AI, Human Identity, and Vocation (June 1, 2026)
By Terence Chandra
By outsourcing our thinking, loving, and creating to machines we’re outsourcing the things that, according to Genesis, make us human.
From the Quiet Lion — Why Magnifica Humanitas Matters (June 2, 2026)
By George Sumner
Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI is important for all of us. With a sense of urgency, the pope writes about our humanity and our technology.
An Anglican Reception of Magnifica Humanitas (June 3, 2026)
By Michael DeLashmutt
What does Pope Leo’s richly textured encyclical on AI, Magnifica humanitas offer to Anglican moral reasoning today?
Magnifica Humanitas and Anglican Christian Socialism: We Have Been Here Before (June 4, 2026)
By Samuel Tranter
Magnifica humanitas, the pope’s new encyclical on AI, may return to concerns from the 19th century and Anglican Christian Socialism.
The Rev. Calvin Lane, PhD is the Editor of Covenant: The Online Journal of The Living Church. The author of two books on the Reformation, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2013 . In addition to serving as associate rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Lane has taught for various seminaries and colleges, including as Affiliate Professor at Nashotah House. His service to the church includes a term on the General Board of Examining Chaplains (2018-2024).