Good day. Someone gave Pope Leo XIV a big chunk of Materia to start the day: How nice! His Holiness seemed moved by the gift. I’m sure as we speak you’re mulling which of your many weapons you should equip it with, or whether you should give it to one of your party members (Cardinals) to use. This specifically looks like Magic Materia, which would allow Pope Leo to cast white and black magic spells in combat if equipped. It’s unclear exactly what spell this Materia is for; However, the people who gave it to the Pope may have given him a clue. The Matter was brought to Pope Leo by a group called Saint Peter for Humanity, a Vatican-affiliated nonprofit that, according to its own website, works “to preserve, promote and share the cultural, spiritual and material heritage of humanity for the common good.” The group claims that this orb is a “symbolic” work meant to represent the idea of retaining humanity in an age of AI. This issue is now coming up before the Holy See because Pope Leo recently addressed this issue in an encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, in which he called for AI to be “disarmed” in favor of focusing on the human person, rather than machines. “Disarming does not mean rejecting technology,” he wrote. “but preventing him from dominating humanity.” What does an orb have to do with it? In a video shared with Fox News, St. Peter for Humanity director (and, uh, Fiat CEO and Stellantis CMO?), Olivier François, described the orb as follows: The sphere is a Murano sphere, so it’s hand-blown, and the breathing of humans, the symbolism of the sphere is that it has a perfect shape, but executed in a very imperfect way, which is the human shape, because humans breathe, robots They do not breathe, and this ability to breathe helps us create beautiful things, which are not always perfect but much more beautiful. To me, this screams Wind Materia, meaning that if the Pope equips it, he could cast Aero, Aerora, or even Aeroga. That said, I don’t think the Pope should equip this Materia, because I distrust its origin. It’s hard to immediately find information about what this St. Peter’s for Humanity charity actually does, and its leadership is interesting. One of its board members is Kimbal Musk. Yes, right, that’s Elon Musk’s brother, and yes, it’s in Epstein’s files! The board also includes television producer Mark Burnett (creator of The Apprentice and currently Trump’s special envoy to the UK). Isn’t it cool! Anyway, all of that tells me that this Materia is cursed. I’m sorry, Your Holiness, I know that your face in this photo clearly indicates that you love and desire this orb very much, but you will have to let it go. Maybe see if Chadley wants it. Anyway, when do you really need to choose Aeroga? I figured the Holy Spirit had you covered on that front.
