Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic priests to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) to write sermons.

The head of the Catholic Church also urged his fellow ministers to use their brains more.

The pope disclosed the matter during a closed-door meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome on February 19. 

The details of the meeting with priests surfaced the next day and were reported by Vatican News.

Pope Leo told the listeners during the meeting that giving a sermon is to share faith. 

“Artificial intelligence will never be able to share faith,” he argued.

“Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if we do not move them, they die,” he warned. 

“The brain needs to be used, so our intelligence must also be exercised a little so as not to lose this capacity.”

Pope Leo also aimed at social media platforms and asked members of the clergy to be mindful about chasing “likes” and “followers” through an “illusion on the internet, on TikTok.”