Tag: Pope Leo

Pope Leo and Catholic Education

Magnifica humanitas has been widely discussed for its approach to artificial intelligence. Pope Leo emphasizes the importance of the schools for training people to retain their humanity in the face of these challenges.  If we took the encyclical…

Five for the Fourth – The Catholic Thing

Outright Love for This Land Robert Royal In Magnifica humanitas, Pope Leo invokes the Biblical story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem as a poignant alternative to the Tower of Babel’s effort to reach Heaven without God. It’s a good…

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…

Whatever Happened to Natural Law?

There are many crises in the Catholic Church today, but one of the most serious is the dismal state of moral theology.  That crisis has its roots in the confusion and intellectual ferment that ensued in the aftermath of Vatican II.  Progressive…

Pope Leo Gets It Very Wrong on Sexuality

Concluding his first papal visit to the Global South, Pope Leo said some good things and some very bad things last week during an in-flight press conference. Robert Royal of The Catholic Thing observed, “Unfortunately, on the way back to Rome on…

The Pope, the Press, and the Present

Pope Leo travelled to four African countries this month, which included not only the usual calls for peace, justice, and brotherhood, but several touching and poignant moments with local communities. Let’s hope that the presence of this…