Bishops Call for Human-Centered Approach to Artificial Intelligence
WILMINGTON — As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms workplaces, schools, healthcare systems, and daily life, Maryland’s Catholic bishops are urging lawmakers, educators, business leaders and families to ensure that technology serves humanity — not the other way around.
In a new pastoral letter released for Pentecost 2025, The Face of Christ in a Digital Age, Catholic leaders from Maryland’s dioceses, including William Koenig , call for a thoughtful and ethical approach to artificial intelligence, warning that society faces a defining choice.
The letter, signed by bishops serving Maryland’s Catholic dioceses, including Delaware, seeks to provide a moral framework for navigating one of the most significant technological shifts of the modern era.
Putting People Before Technology
At the center of the bishops’ message is a simple principle: technology should always remain a tool for people rather than becoming a force that diminishes human dignity…