{"id":99751,"date":"2026-07-25T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=99751"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:30:13","slug":"catholic-professor-discusses-pope-leos-peace-efforts-after-vaticans-nuclear-weapon-ai-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/catholic-professor-discusses-pope-leos-peace-efforts-after-vaticans-nuclear-weapon-ai-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic professor discusses Pope Leo\u2019s peace efforts after Vatican\u2019s nuclear weapon, AI conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted Pope Leo XIV\u2019s continued focus on peace-building efforts, according to a Catholic professor who participated in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Maryann Cusimano Love, chair of the politics department at The Catholic University of America and scholar of international relations and peace-building, discussed the Holy Father\u2019s focus on the subject in an interview with \u201cEWTN News In Depth\u201d anchor Catherine Hadro.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Osm74ZFLunk\" title=\"YouTube video\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She also discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/pope-leo-xiv-urges-peace-and-nuclear-disarmament-in-new-book-foreword\">a new book<\/a> published by the Vatican on July 21, which compiles Leo\u2019s writings and speeches on peace. The pontiff authored his own forward for the book, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons globally.<\/p>\n<p>Peace-building is \u201ca theme that Pope Leo has been consistent with since the beginning of his papacy, and it really fits with the times that we\u02bcre in right now,\u201d Love said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u02bcre seeing expansion of war, we\u02bcre seeing the expansion in the number of conflicts, the deadliness of these conflicts, and we\u02bcre also seeing new ways in which new technologies are being used \u2014 AI drones, lethal autonomous weapons systems \u2014 that are very concerning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he\u02bcs being a voice of really the practical, and a voice of the people, saying: Look, peace is possible. Peace is practical and peace is our calling, as Catholics and people of goodwill. This is something we can do. We\u02bcve done it before and we can do it again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Love was one of more than 200 academics who participated in the Vatican-hosted<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/vatican-hosts-nobel-laureates-experts-to-discuss-ai-security-risks\"> Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War<\/a> from July 14\u201316. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/world\/news\/2026-07\/global-nobel-laureates-assembly-sign-declaration-on-peace-ai.html\">assembly adopted<\/a> the &quot;Rome Declaration for an Unarmed and Disarming Peace,\u201d which laid out concerns about how technological advancement affects warfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Church has been advocating for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons as long as there have been nuclear weapons, and what\u02bcs added to this in this last week\u02bcs activities and the Rome Declaration is the layer of artificial intelligence that increases the urgency with which we need to proceed to disarm nuclear weapons,\u201d Love said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it increases the ways in which we need to look at this interaction between AI and our and our military ecosystems,\u201d she said. \u201cSo the call is specifically for the responsible use of AI, for there to be a slowing down in the integration of these systems, particularly into military systems, until we can be sure that they\u02bcre safe for the sharing of information between tech companies and the public about the vulnerabilities of these systems and the problem areas \u2014 the blind spots \u2014 these systems have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The summit was inspired by Leo\u2019s encyclical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\"><em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em><\/a>, which offers guidance on how society should approach AI. The encyclical specifically raises concerns about AI making decisions about life and death in warfare.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/catholic-professor-discusses-leo-peace-efforts\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/catholic-professor-discusses-leo-peace-efforts<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Vatican-hosted summit on nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted Pope Leo XIV\u2019s continued focus on peace-building efforts, according to a Catholic professor who participated in the event. Maryann Cusimano Love, chair of the politics department at The Catholic University of America and scholar of international relations and peace-building, discussed the Holy Father\u2019s focus on the subject in an interview with \u201cEWTN News In Depth\u201d anchor Catherine Hadro. She also discussed a new book published by the Vatican on July 21, which compiles Leo\u2019s writings and speeches on peace. The pontiff authored his own forward for the book, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons globally. Peace-building is \u201ca [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-99751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96805,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-urges-peace-and-nuclear-disarmament-in-new-book-foreword\/","url_meta":{"origin":99751,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV urges peace and nuclear disarmament in new book foreword","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"7\u6708 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV has written a foreword to a new book, calling for peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons.Originally published by Vatican News, the pontiff\u2019s text is part of the new book \u201cDisarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,\u201d published by the Vatican Publishing House (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) in\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76863,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/pope-warns-against-new-arms-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":99751,"position":1},"title":"Pope warns against new arms race","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"2\u6708 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV warned Wednesday of the grave danger of a \u201cnew global arms race\u201d as the New START nuclear weapons treaty between the United States and Russia reached its expiration, urging world leaders not to allow the agreement to lapse without a credible and effective alternative.Speaking at the conclusion\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65087,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/catholics-must-respond-to-ai-threat-to-authentic-human-communication-vatican-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":99751,"position":2},"title":"Catholics must respond to AI threat to authentic, human communication, Vatican says","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"9\u6708 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sept. 28, 2025, in St. Peter\u2019s Square at the Vatican. \/ Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Sep 29, 2025 \/ 10:50 am (CNA). 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