Catholic Media Association releases new AI guidelines to keep ‘human dignity’ central
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 a.m.
CHICAGO • As the use of artificial intelligence accelerates, the Catholic Media Association is calling for its members to adopt a holistic, moral approach – one rooted in Catholic teaching – regarding AI.
“One of the values at the heart of Catholic media is a concern for human dignity, and so Catholic journalists should be at the forefront of thinking about how we integrate AI technology, which has the potential to undermine that dignity, whether through replacing human work or feeding false narratives,” Kerry Weber, president of the CMA, told OSV News. Founded in 1911 as the Catholic Press Association, the CMA serves Catholic communications professionals and platforms throughout the U.S. and Canada.
“Most importantly, moral agency must be considered as primary, with responsibility and accountability for AI’s design, deployment and usage at every stage resting solely with humans and not automated systems,” said the CMA in its recently updated AI guidelines.
Along with publishing its general AI usage guidelines, the CMA specifically called for Catholic communicators to “clearly disclose when AI is used in generating editorial or creative content,” whether in text or multimedia format, with “humans, not computer algorithms,” supervising and fact-checking before release of such content to the public.
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CHICAGO • As the use of artificial intelligence accelerates, the Catholic Media Association is calling for its members to adopt a holistic, moral approach – one rooted in Catholic teaching – regarding AI.
“One of the values at the heart of Catholic media is a concern for human dignity, and so Catholic journalists should be at the forefront of thinking about how we integrate AI technology, which has the potential to undermine that dignity, whether through replacing human work or feeding false narratives,” Kerry Weber, president of the CMA, told OSV News. Founded in 1911 as the Catholic Press Association, the CMA serves Catholic communications professionals and platforms throughout the U.S. and Canada.
“Most importantly, moral agency must be considered as primary, with responsibility and accountability for AI’s design, deployment and usage at every stage resting solely with humans and not automated systems,” said the CMA in its recently updated AI guidelines.
Along with publishing its general AI usage guidelines, the CMA specifically called for Catholic communicators to “clearly disclose when AI is used in generating editorial or creative content,” whether in text or multimedia format, with “humans, not computer algorithms,” supervising and fact-checking before release of such content to the public.