# At The Vatican, Global Leaders Grapple With AI’s Moral Stakes.

1 Opinion June 25, 2026By Michael Posner

Forbes ![Michael Posner](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_046658.jpg?itok=t24nqftK)Last week in Rome, Pope Leo convened an unusual gathering: corporate leaders, international organizations, scholars, and leaders in sports, cultural and civic groups, all brought together at Borgo Laudato Si’ to confront some of the most consequential issues of our time, including the impact and future of artificial intelligence.

The meetings, which I attended, were part of the inaugural Borgo Dialogues, a new leadership forum designed to help decision-makers tackle pressing global challenges through the lens of ethical leadership and the common good. Over three days, leaders went offline to bring real decisions—not their public commitments—into the room, examining and discussing how to shape their industries in several pillars: AI and humanity, health and aging, environmental sustainability, and sports diplomacy.

The group was received in a private audience with Pope Leo on Friday, where he described the gathering as “the first step of a process aimed at renewing and reimagining moral leadership in a world that today appears fractured and forgetful of its historical roots.” Reflecting on some of the themes from his May encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas, which focused on AI, the Pope told the group “We seek to identify new paths for the common good and for promoting a dignified life for all.”

Read the full [*Forbes* article](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2026/06/25/at-the-vatican-global-leaders-grapple-with-ais-moral-stakes/).
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*Michael Posner is the Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance, Professor of Business and Society and Director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.*

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