Raymond Arroyo, Papal Posse criticize Pope Leo’s encyclical: ‘How is that a Church document?’
Catholic commentator Robert Royal criticized Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas for its minimal mention of sin. He argued that the document fails to address the Church's main mission and lacks guidance on moral issues related to artificial intelligence. Other clerics have also expressed concerns about the encyclical's focus on human dignity over God's sovereignty.
- ▪Robert Royal highlighted that the word 'sin' is mentioned only three times in the encyclical.
- ▪He questioned how a document from the Church could downplay the concept of sin.
- ▪Bishop Joseph Strickland criticized the encyclical for centering on a theology of man rather than God.
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News Raymond Arroyo, Papal Posse criticize Pope Leo’s encyclical: ‘How is that a Church document?’ ‘There’s no sense in this entire document of what the main mission of the Church is,’ Catholic commentator Robert Royal said, adding that ‘sin essentially doesn't exist in the universe of Magnifica Humanitas.’ Pope Leo XIVShutterstock AntoninoCambria 0 Antonino Cambria Comments 0 Wed May 27, 2026 - 1:46 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Catholic author Robert Royal, during the “Papal Posse” segment of a recent episode of EWTN’s The World Over with Raymond Arroyo, slammed Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas for only mentioning sin three times.
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