MANILA, Philippines — When Pope Leo XIV issued Magnifica Humanitas (On Safeguarding
the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence), Catholic communicators across the
Philippines saw an immediate connection to their ongoing work.
For SIGNIS Philippines, the papal document mirrored the strategic priorities of its
Cybermission 3.0 initiative. The encyclical’s core themes echoed the program’s practical
design—from ethical prompting guidelines and an 80-20 rule balancing heart with digital tools,
to its explicit roots in Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 social justice landmark, Rerum Novarum.
Yet church leaders faced a familiar hurdle: papal encyclicals, no matter how timely or urgent,
often remain confined to academic circles and pastoral letters. They rarely reach ordinary
parishioners, students, or workers navigating digital pressures in their daily lives.
To bridge that gap, SIGNIS Philippines launched “I AM STILL HUMAN: Navigating the AI
Landscape through Magnifica Humanitas.
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This is an online discussion produced in partnership with TV Maria, Radio Veritas Asia (RVA),
EWTN Global Catholic Network, and the Episcopal Commission on Social Communication
(ECSC), the 5-part web series translates high Vatican theology into practical choices. Each
episode opens with a relatable moral dilemma, features real human experiences, and brings
together regional experts and grassroots advocates from across Asia.
The series moves through five distinct areas of daily life, tracing a path from personal
psychology to global ethics:
In the opening episode, Reclaiming Human Limits: The Beauty of Being Broken, co-hosts
Edwin Lopez (EWTN) and Fr. Felmar Fiel, SVD (Radio Veritas Asia) sit down with Dr. Anna You
from South Korea and Dr. Hemmady Mora from the Philippines to confront the pressure of
algorithmic perfection. Drawing on the encyclical’s “theology of fragility” (MH 118) the panel
addresses the “always-on” trap of digital culture. The speakers emphasize that human
limitations—fatigue, mistakes, and vulnerability—are not technical bugs to b