When the Center Speaks for the Periphery: AI Governance and the Limits of Moral Declaration

Oybek Khodjaev

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20621000

June 2, 2026Open Access

When the Center Speaks for the Periphery: AI Governance and the Limits of Moral Declaration

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The aim is to explore the impact of the Pope's encyclical on the governance of artificial intelligence.
Analyze the content of the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.
Discuss the implications for normative authority in AI.
Employ a structural reading from a peripheral perspective.
The encyclical serves as a pivotal intervention in AI governance.
It highlights the contest for authority at a critical moment in AI infrastructure development.
The response from various institutional actors reflects varying levels of acceptance and resistance.

Implication

Institutional intervention addresses AI governance, indicating a shift in normative authority.

Abstract

On May 15, 2026, Pope Leo XIV released Magnifica Humanitas — the first encyclical in the tradition of Catholic social teaching to address artificial intelligence directly. This is not a theological event. It is an institutional intervention in a contest over normative authority, arriving at the precise moment when that contest can still be shifted before infrastructure decisions harden into irreversibility. A structural reading from the periphery.

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