Pope Leo unveils his encyclical: AI has ‘even greater consequences’ than Industrial Revolution — By: Catholic News Agency

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday personally attended the presentation of his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, in an uncustomary gesture. Upon his arrival at the event, held in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, he was greeted with sustained applause from an audience made up of members of the Roman Curia, representatives of academia, and…

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Tolkien, Beethoven, MLK Jr., and Hannah Arendt: The voices that resonate in Magnifica Humanitas — By: Catholic News Agency

As the first encyclical of his pontificate, Magnifica Humanitas, published Monday, can be regarded as an indication of Pope Leo XIVʼs doctrinal approach. One of the most significant aspects of magisterial documents like encyclicals is the sources of inspiration the pope draws upon beyond the strictly ecclesial sphere — that is, not only citations from…

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Full text of Magnifica Humanitas: Read Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV signed Magnifica Humanitas, the first encyclical of his pontificate, on May 15. The document was released by the Holy See on May 25. The encyclical develops the Churchʼs social teaching in light of artificial intelligence, situating new questions of human dignity, labor, and the common good within the tradition that runs from…

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The Real Spirit of Vatican II — By: Crisis Magazine

In 1972, Zhou Enlai, premier of Communist China, was asked his opinion of the French Revolution’s consequences. His famous, and supposedly sagacious, reply: “It’s too early to tell.” Only he wasn’t, apparently, referring to the upheavals of 1789 to 1799 but to the French student uprisings and anarchist/Communist/socialist strikes of 1968. He wasn’t taking the…

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