DOMINANT ANGLE
Argentina took note of Léon XIV's Parisian visit, particularly his warning about the "paradise of machines", seen as a dress rehearsal for his November visit to Buenos Aires.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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At the Élysée, Léon XIV warned against the risk of "losing our humanity in the midst of the machine paradise", reports Perfil, also citing Macron's call for a "servant and not a master" for AI.
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Ámbito reports that the pope described genetic manipulation, surrogacy, organ trafficking, and euthanasia as "aberrations", before a country that legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in July.
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The pope is set to land on November 8 at Jorge Newbery airport, where Javier Milei will greet him at the foot of the plane, according to Ámbito; a Zubán-Córdoba poll cited by Perfil credits him with 68.5% positive opinions in the country.
ANALYSIS
Buenos Aires, September 26, 2026. The Argentine press is following Leon XIV's visit to Paris with an eye on its own agenda: the pontiff is set to arrive in Buenos Aires on November 8, where he will be greeted by Javier Milei at Jorge Newbery Airport, for a four-day tour that will take him to the capital, Córdoba, and Luján. The media is particularly focused on the warning about the "paradise of machines" from last Friday in Paris: after being received at the Élysée by Emmanuel Macron, Leon XIV cautioned against the risk of "losing our humanity amidst the paradise of machines that invade and condition our daily lives," according to Perfil. The newspaper recalls that the pope had already addressed the issue in May in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and that he called for "training minds to an ethical discernment capable of distinguishing what is morally good." Macron, for his part, advocated for an "international organization" that would prevent the most advanced AI models from ending up "in the hands of a few," stating that "artificial intelligence must be a servant and not a master," as reported by AFP and cited by Perfil.
Ámbito details the other "excesses" denounced by the pope before the French authorities: genetic manipulation, surrogacy, organ trafficking, and "offers of programmed death," which are attributed to science and technology not guided by conscience. The newspaper emphasizes that these statements resonate in France, the first country to have enshrined abortion in its Constitution in March 2023 and which legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in certain cases in July.
Clarín situates this stage in a four-day visit to multiple sensitive areas: sexual abuse in the Church — a 2021 report mentions 330,000 minor victims in France since 1950, and the pope is set to meet with seven victims on Sunday in Lourdes —, debate on euthanasia after the law passed in July, and migration, just seven months before the French presidential election.
On the Argentine side, Perfil publishes a Zubán-Córdoba survey: 68.5% of positive opinions about Leon XIV, 7.2% negative, ahead of his visit in November — a climate in which the local press is already framing the messages heard in Paris.
SOURCES (3)
- ClarínMEDIUM
- AmbitoMEDIUM
- PerfilMEDIUM
