Vatican issues AI‑focused encyclical and clarifies security law amid migration myths

The Vatican released the encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*, marking the 135th anniversary of *Rerum Novarum*. The document asks whether artificial intelligence makes life more human and dignified, and warns that unchecked digital power could threaten human dignity.

Separately, a Vatican security regulation that imposes fines of €10,000‑€25,000 and prison terms of one to four years for violent or fraudulent entry into the city‑state has been misrepresented as an immigration ban. The law targets illicit intrusion into the Vatican’s sovereign, diplomatic enclave, not the admission of migrants. Politician Santiago Abascal cited the rule, but the Vatican clarified it does not regulate asylum or migration flows.