The church was a great archive of knowledge for the longest time. They were the powerful few too.
The Catholic church has also burned Christians in various era’s including in the 15th century.
How crazy would it be if the Vatican started training up their own custom AI models?
And they hoarded and kept such knowledge for themselves and those who swore fealty for as long as they could, concentrating and maintaining power for centuries.
Still, I agree with the pope this once.