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Magnifica Humanitas and Labor

…work is not simply an instrument; it expresses and enhances the dignity of our lives. It is a requirement of the human condition, a normal path toward maturity, development and personal fulfilment. (149)   Having your first child is never easy. There are sleepless nights, sore bodies, hormonal mood swings, and sometimes physical...

Leo’s First Encyclical: AI is a ‘Change of Epoch’ for Humanity

Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on May 25, a wide-ranging reflection on artificial intelligence that calls the technology a “change of epoch” (§4) and warns against allowing the human person to be treated as “a project to be optimized” (§112). Titled Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) and signed May 15, the 135th...

Today is the Feast of Pentecost

Happy Feast of Pentecost! The feast, which marks the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and is often called the birthday of the Church, was a busy one in the Vatican. During his homily at the Holy Mass for Pentecost, Pope Leo focused on three aspects of the Holy Spirit. First,...

The Scandal of Plenty: Hunger in an Age of Waste

Every month, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray for a particular intention. This May, the prayer intention is simple: that everyone might have food and that food is not wasted. It sounds uncontroversial, almost too ordinary to pause over. Yet it carries a quiet unease, because it speaks into...

Leo XIV: Creative Fidelity and the Challenges of the Present

Interview with Rodrigo Guerra conducted for Religion Digital by Jimena Hernández, Mexican correspondent. Translated from the Spanish original. Published with permission. “The pope is neither anti-right nor anti-left, but it is no secret that those who are immersed in some ideology feel uncomfortable with him.” “The reductionism and violence of the old guerrilla groups...

AI Product is Neither Spiritual nor Writing

Technological products reflect the worldview of their developers, owners, users, and regulators, and have the power to “shape the world and engage consciences on the level of values.” Antiqua et Nova, §41 Setting aside for another day a wide range of general issues associated with AI use (intellectual property theft, environmental damage, inequality of...

Can AI Produce Spiritual Writing?

{This article, addressing Large Language Models and Artificial Intelligence, will be presented in two parts; the first part, below, proposes a Christian understanding of word and language by which to evaluate the moral and philosophical implications of the use of AI writing, especially as regards spiritual matters.] If I speak in human and...