Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas encyclical states technology is never neutral and frames AI deployment as commercial product shaped by concentrated ownership, citing the Nehemiah narrative of collective rebuilding over Babel-style atomization (https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/29/1138107/how-the-popes-magnifica-humanitas-offers-a-template-for-individuals-to-meet-the-ai-moment/). Institutional investors managing over $400 billion have filed proxy resolutions at Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Palantir and Uber demanding AI risk assessments and human rights reviews, actions documented in ICCR filings predating the encyclical. The text ratifies existing governance efforts without introducing new regulatory proposals, noting FTC and NIST limitations on algorithmic oversight.