The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to reshape professional practices across many domains, including religious ministry. This paper examines how individuals preparing for or currently performing pastoral roles within the Catholic Church in Poland perceive the potential use of AI in pastoral work and how they interpret its implications for religious practice and authority. The study forms part of a broader international research project on the relationship between faith and science, entitled Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS); the present paper reports on the Polish component of this project. The analysis is based on a structured quantitative survey currently in progress, scheduled to conclude in May 2026, conducted on a planned representative sample of approximately 400 seminarians and Catholic priests in Poland. The questionnaire measures declared readiness to use AI in selected pastoral domains, including sermon preparation, church bulletin writing, liturgical commentary, prayer composition, pastoral counselling, and biblical interpretation. It also explores general attitudes toward AI and expectations regarding whether Church authorities should formulate an official position on its development and use. Particular attention is given to technological inequalities within pastoral work, understood not only as unequal access to digital tools or digital competencies but also as differences in the degree of pressure to use such technologies in everyday ministry. Preliminary observations suggest pragmatic openness toward AI in supportive tasks, accompanied by greater caution regarding its use in core pastoral and interpretative functions. These attitudes indicate an emerging negotiation of the boundaries between technological assistance and pastoral responsibility, as well as differing expectations concerning the appropriate role of AI in religious authority and ministerial practice.