As I began to consider how Pope Leo’s message could connect with the stories I write about for American Jesuits International and the communities we work with in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, I began to notice something: communities on the margins are a subject of Magnifica Humanitas, but they are not treated as active participants in the dialogue.

Ignatian Solidarity Network - a national social justice education & advocacy network

While Pope Leo’s new encyclical about the human person in an age of artificial intelligence does not contain lengthy sections on the environmental impacts of AI (paragraph 101 is the main place he mentions the impacts), it does include ecological themes that expand and emphasize Pope Francis’ reflections on care for our common home.

Ignatian Solidarity Network - a national social justice education & advocacy network

In honor of his predecessor and in recognition of today’s world, labor lies at the heart of many of the injustices Pope Leo XIV identifies throughout the encyclical. Below are five key quotes, short responses, and reflection questions to help us consider the challenges of and responses to labor injustices and opportunities in our world today.

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The purpose of Jesuit education has never centered solely on information transfer or technical competence. Artificial intelligence can now generate summaries, essays, and increasingly sophisticated simulations of understanding within seconds. The deeper question facing education concerns formation. What kinds of people are students becoming while moving through these systems? What habits of mind, heart, and imagination are being cultivated? What is meaningful in the age of AI, and how can our institutions double down on mission, and the very aspects of the humanities that make us human?

Ignatian Solidarity Network - a national social justice education & advocacy network

As AI reshapes our world, Magnifica Humanitas is asking each of us—especially young people—to develop the skills to analyze what is happening, uncover structures that produce injustice, and prioritize human (and all creaturely) flourishing. That is precisely what the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) has been doing over its 22-year history. So, young people, here are 5 quotes to dive into to nourish and compel you as you go about building a more just world.

Ignatian Solidarity Network - a national social justice education & advocacy network