Etienne de Rocquigny
Initiative Co-Founder
International non-profit initiative
TO SERVE WITHOUT ENSLAVING
No one yet knows what the future of work will look like. Without solid beacons, its very purpose — and the dignity of those who do it — are at stake with the AI disruption.
Top-down charters, regulations, or advisory frameworks won't be enough. Change can only come through subsidiarity — people themselves, in peer groups, taking back control of how AI serves them. Amid the hype and disruption, we build a truly independent, scalable community of peers to find those beacons, discern what makes your work truly valuable in the long run, and shape a purposeful future of work — inspired by Christian Social Thought and the worldwide call of Pope Leo XIV.
Discern & Contribute
Join a brotherly community of practitioners discerning best practices to regain control over AI and inspire others.
Join our DISCERN Program
A 5-session journey with a local chapter of peers, supported by a Socratic AI-powered Christian discernment platform. To move from conviction to action.
Share Your Experience
You have a use-case, a testimonial, codebase, resources or a reflection on AI and human dignity? Submit it to enrich the community's shared discernment.
Access the Commons
Access our open library: teaching contents, frameworks, and curated references to support your own discernment journey — freely shareable with attribution.
Whitepaper · use-cases, testimonials & thesaurusFurther Resources — Soon
Key Release — Magnifica Humanitas
Encyclical Letter presented at the Vatican Synod Hall
Our Partners and Founders
We are a collective of entrepreneurs, innovators, theologians, and business leaders, united by a common faith and the conviction that the Christian Social Thought is very useful to discern the uses of AI and navigate its transformations.
The project is led by Professor Etienne de Rocquigny and Augustin Destremau, serial entrepreneurs & co-founders of the initiative.
The project is led by Professor Etienne de Rocquigny and Augustin Destremau, serial entrepreneurs & co-founders of the initiative.
Augustin Destremau
Initiative Co-Founder
Patrice Cochin
Large-Corp CDIO
Fr Will Conquer
MEP, Cambodia
Juan Perteguer
Education Leader, Spain
Brice Cornet
Entrepreneur, Belgium
Laetitia Pouliquen
Director, NBIC Ethics
Karine Foret
Entrepreneur
Sigrid Marz
Chairman, UNIAPAC
Fr Eric Charmetant
Dean, Loyola Paris
Christophe Mouille
Partner, Accenture
Simonas Bansevičius
AI ethics, Lithuania
Matthew Harvey Sanders
CEO, Longbeard
Yves Caseau
Michelin Group CDIO - French National Academy of Tech
Wim Sweldens
Tech innovator & entrepreneur
Dominique Lambert
Physicist & philosopher
Benoit Gaillard
Senior GenAI professional
Mathieu Guillermin
Professor of tech ethics
Stephen Barrows
COO & economist, Acton
Pierre Guillet
President, Les EDC
Taylor Black
Director, Microsoft AI
Joao Pedro Tavares
VP, Accenture Portugal
Why this initiative?
Faced with the AI revolution, a spiritual and ethical void threatens to divert this technology from its vocation to serve the common good.
The Rerum Novairum initiative was born from the urgency to fill this void by mobilizing Christian entrepreneurs and leaders from around the world.
Pope Leo XIV called for a new vision, rooted in the social doctrine of the Church, to guide the development of AI.
The Rerum Novairum initiative was born from the urgency to fill this void by mobilizing Christian entrepreneurs and leaders from around the world.
Pope Leo XIV called for a new vision, rooted in the social doctrine of the Church, to guide the development of AI.
Our Pillars
Human Dignity: Placing the human person at the center of all technological innovation.
Common Good: Directing AI towards solutions that benefit all of society, especially the most vulnerable.
Solidarity & Subsidiarity: Promoting an AI that strengthens communities and supports the autonomy of individuals and groups.
Just Work: Shaping a future where technology enhances human capabilities and supports dignified work.
Common Good: Directing AI towards solutions that benefit all of society, especially the most vulnerable.
Solidarity & Subsidiarity: Promoting an AI that strengthens communities and supports the autonomy of individuals and groups.
Just Work: Shaping a future where technology enhances human capabilities and supports dignified work.
Our Mission
We produce commons fed with world best practices and inspiring testimonials like those included in our first whitepaper given to the Vatican in Dec. 2025, as well as scalable discernment programs to help professionals and decision-makers serve dignifying work in the age of AI. Our creative commons contents also aim to feed the reflection of the churches and the Vatican commission on AI.
Our Approach
Rooted in a bottom-up, commons-driven, fully-independent and ecumenical approach, it draws on Christian Social Thought to provide a deep-grounded and practical framework for decision-makers from all backgrounds. Rerum Novairum aims to bring together, inspire, facilite local groups to discern best practices in particular contexts and businesses, share commons, train and mobilize a generation of leaders capables of serving without enslaving in the era of AI and global transitions.
Our Target Audience
This initiative is aimed at professionals, entrepreneurs or business leaders, and all those involved either in the mere use or in the expert deployment of AI who share the conviction that technology must be rooted in deep human and spiritual values.
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