Pope Leo XIV’s 2026 encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, focuses on protecting human dignity in the context of advancing artificial intelligence. It advocates for a dynamic and Gospel-faithful update to the Church's Social Doctrine, emphasizing principles such as the common good, subsidiarity, solidarity, and social justice.

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is proposed as a solution to distribute AI and productivity gains equitably among the population. Historically, from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s, increases in productivity were closely linked to wage growth, benefiting workers directly.