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May 29, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas: Between Babel and Jerusalem in the Age of AI

In his first social encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV offers a compelling reflection on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human dignity. The much-anticipated document was signed on May 25 by a pope who pledged to immediately confront the AI revolution morally and pastorally during his papacy. Continue Reading...

May 28, 2026

Humanity, Magnificent, at a Crossroads

By the time you finish this article, Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, will bear the tire marks of a thousand different journalists, columnists, and influencers, each driving his or her own interpretive agenda across its 245 paragraphs. Continue Reading...

May 27, 2026

The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas

It has been a while since I awaited the publication of a papal document with as much eagerness as I have Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical is itself magnificent, and I’m looking forward to prayerfully reading it over and over, not only as a guide to navigating the new world of artificial intelligence but also as an excellent historical overview and synopsis of the essential principles of Catholic Social Teaching. Continue Reading...

May 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV and Orthodox Social Thought

The new pontiff of Rome has already set a tone for his papacy with the choice of his name: I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. Continue Reading...

November 16, 2021

“Political Catholicism,” liberalism, and the myth of neutrality

On Twitter and in essays at The American Conservative, Sohrab Ahmari has argued that the debates about liberalism, post-liberalism, and integralism are “exhausted,” and that what he calls “political Catholics” are taking “these battles in other, more concrete dimensions.” Continue Reading...

May 12, 2021

Examining the moral basis of Pope Francis’ pleas for financial regulation – and the morality of ‘speculation’

In his Prayer Intentions for May 2021, Pope Francis is asking that Catholics pray for strict regulation of financial markets to protect the poor. But is strict government oversight what really protects the vulnerable from financial harm? Continue Reading...

January 15, 2021

Warrior for liberty: Rev. Maciej Zięba, O.P. (1954-2020)

Few people have the courage to resist a totalitarian system from within; fewer still have the intellectual and moral grounding to plant the seeds of its metamorphosis into a free and virtuous society. Continue Reading...

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