On May 25, Pope Leo XIV will release his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), in an attempt to position the Vatican as a global authority on what should be permitted regarding AI technology, despite having no expertise on the subject.

On the eve of releasing his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, however, Pope Leo is being exposed in a new report by Michael Hichborn, president of the Lepanto Institute (www.lepantoin.org), as a dupe or active enabler of the world communist movement. Michael Hichborn and I discuss these ominous developments in my new program on YouTube and Rumble.

My own report, "Pope Leo Sees Red in AI Revolution," goes into detail about what Leo and the Vatican have planned for the world as the U.S., Russia, and China race forward with AI.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the country that leads in artificial intelligence "will become the ruler of the world."

Meanwhile, in Maine’s Senate race, Communist/Nazi/Democrat candidate Graham Platner has specifically attacked artificial intelligence firm Palantir, arguing that it should be broken up and that, if he had his way, “Palantir wouldn’t exist.”

Platner had explicitly described himself once as a communist on Reddit but newly surfaced Reddit posts tied to Platner include bizarre sexual comments about masturbating in portable toilets. He had a Nazi tattoo engraved on his chest.

At the upcoming Vatican event on May 25, Leo will host various “experts,” including a co-founder of Anthropic, a company backlisted by the Pentagon for inserting limitations on artificial intelligence into its Claude AI models that threaten U.S. national security.

In response to being designated a supply chain risk, a label reserved for foreign adversaries, Anthropic says it “has supported American warfighters since June 2024 and has every intention of continuing to do so.” But its blacklisting is based on restrictions on warfighting inserted into its products.

Another speaker is Professor Leocadie Lushombo, a political theology professor recently appointed to the Vatican's Dicastery of Integral Human Development, who was educated in "Sustainable Development," a popular U.N. theme.

Following the Pope's lead, some liberal left-wing members of Congress want to restrict federal funding for AI weapons systems. This creates a strategic vulnerability for America, resulting in unilateral disarmament while adversaries like Russia and China integrate AI into their militaries.

Conservatives fear the Pope's involvement will spark demands for U.N. control over AI technology, aligning the Vatican with ongoing global efforts like the U.N.'s Global Dialogue on AI Governance, as well as historical Vatican documents (such as Caritas in Veritate) that have previously called for a universally recognized "World Political Authority."

While some conservatives like Tom Deweese argue that AI data centers are destroying the culture of many rural communities as they build the roots for a surveillance society, there is no doubt that the technology has military implications that can greatly benefit the U.S. and our warfighters. Russia and China have other ideas.

And while there are legitimate concerns about data centers, they will have to be located somewhere, even in outer space, because of the need for their computing power in national defense applications.

The Pentagon has reportedly used AI to identify targets in Iran, while Palantir Technologies Inc. CEO Alex Karp said that artificial intelligence is giving the U.S. and its allies a strategic edge in that and future conflicts.

In trying to dictate AI rules to the world, conservatives are concerned that the Pope is falling into the Graham Platner camp of undermining AI defense firms such as Palantir.

Some observers suggest Leo should consider using AI to fix the Holy See's own severe financial issues, including a massive pension shortfall and an unfunded liability estimated at well over $1 billion. AI tools could be used internally by the Vatican to improve "administrative efficiency" and streamline the "bloated global bureaucracy" of the Roman Curia, say critics.

On Capitol Hill, conservatives are apprehensive about funding for the large data centers behind AI but nevertheless believe the technology can not only improve our weapons systems and also be deployed to facilitate an audit of the financial statements of the Department of Defense and coordinate the functions of incompetent intelligence agencies.

Concerned about data center energy needs, the Trump Administration is requiring that tech giants sign a "Ratepayer Protection Pledge," to build, bring, or buy their own power to run AI facilities, so that their power needs do not inflate residential or rural electricity bills.