Overview
- The Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development announced Tuesday that the 60th World Day of Peace on January 1, 2027 will carry the theme “Disarming Technology, Serving Peace: Politics as Preventive Responsibility.”
- Pope Leo XIV personally chose the theme and is using it to amplify arguments from his nearly 200‑page encyclical Magnifica humanitas that advanced technologies require moral and political oversight.
- The pope wrote that “Artificial Intelligence must be disarmed” and highlighted the danger of delegating military decisions to algorithms, saying “there is no algorithm capable of making war morally acceptable.”
- He compared AI disarmament to nuclear disarmament and stressed that removing harmful uses of technology must be paired with rebuilding social bonds and directing tools toward the common good.
- The announcement signals a Vatican push for international shared agreements and political accountability that could shape diplomatic talks, public ethics debates, and calls for new governance of AI and advanced technologies.