Magnifica Humanitas
Two Views on Just War
Just-War Reflections Randall Smith The next synod might or might not deal with the Church’s “just war” doctrine. So, let me go on record as saying: I don’t like war. It doesn’t represent a great “profile in courage” to say that. I mean, who…
A Still Higher Magnificence – The Catholic Thing
It’s been a week since the publication of Magnifica humanitas, and I’ve been re-reading certain sections, trying to probe into it more deeply (after my own quick reactions on a recent Prayerful Posse, the very day Pope Leo’s first encyclical…
Markets, Mercy, and True Prudence
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas thoughtfully speaks to one of the great anxieties of our moment: whether artificial intelligence, data platforms, robotics, and global capital will serve the human person or reduce us to a disposable…
Between Babel and Jerusalem in the Age of AI – Religion & Liberty Online
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, signed on May 25 by a pope who pledged to…
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…
Coherence in Continuity – The Catholic Thing
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, was released earlier this week. It is long for an encyclical, and unexpected in some ways. It is worth reading, worth sitting with. What follows is not a summary, still less a “review” of the…
The Economics of Magnifica Humanitas – Religion & Liberty Online
As Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical emphasizes, artificial intelligence’s ability to bring economic value cannot displace essential features of humanity, which bring a priceless kind of value to our world. Read More… It has been a while since I…
Seven Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas – Religion & Liberty Online
The Second Vatican Council grappled with how to approach the “signs of the times” in Gaudium et Spes, giving the following warning: The modern world shows itself at once powerful and weak, capable of the noblest deeds or the foulest; before it…