Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory
Home – Military News – Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory opinion Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory Cully Stimson • August 7, 2026 Print Pope Leo XIV in Assisi on Aug. From Homer’s “Iliad” to our own constitutional order, civilization has understood that war is never morally self-authenticating. The mere fact that a nation can fight does not mean that it may fight, nor that it may fight however it pleases.
- ▪Home – Military News – Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory opinion Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory Cully Stimson • August 7, 2026 Print Pope Leo XIV in Assisi on Aug.
- ▪From Homer’s “Iliad” to our own constitutional order, civilization has understood that war is never morally self-authenticating.
- ▪The mere fact that a nation can fight does not mean that it may fight, nor that it may fight however it pleases.
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Home – Military News – Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory opinion Pope Leo, AI, and Just War Theory Cully Stimson • August 7, 2026 Print Pope Leo XIV in Assisi on Aug. 6, 2026. (Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” warns that just war theory has too often been used to justify any kind of war and, in light of modern weapons and artificial…
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