I heard about this meeting then found out it actually happened. Had Grok give a run down.

Cardinal McElroy — Labor Day Sermon, September 6, 2026
Sermon details
• Date: Sunday, September 6, 2026
• Location: Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C.
• Organized by the Catholic Labor Network and the Archdiocese of Washington; reception co-sponsored by the D.C. labor federation
Who attended the Silicon Valley trip
• Cardinal Robert McElroy — Archbishop of Washington
• Cardinal Blase Cupich — Archbishop of Chicago
• Cardinal Joseph Tobin — Archbishop of Newark
• They spent several days in August with the leaders of the AI teams at the so-called frontier labs. The engineers spoke openly about AI’s destructive elements, including the work question.
Was the meeting secret?
• Yes — unannounced at the time. The only source that mentions it, Letters from Leo, says explicitly it was “a trip no outlet has reported.” Nothing surfaced in August from the archdioceses, the labs, or the press. It only became public when McElroy brought it up from the pulpit on September 6.
Job losses and the next 10–20 years
• The labor market will radically change over the next 20 years
• Certain sectors will essentially be wiped out by AI
• Manual labor and social-service work are the ones he said will survive
• Millions of workers who have jobs now will not have those jobs 10 years from now
• His charge: society has to be at the table so the wealth doesn’t keep concentrating with fewer and fewer people at the expense of the working class