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Theology, liturgy, and the slow questions. The kind of writing you read twice.
Can moral authority still restrain technological power?
Pope Leo XIV’s intervention on artificial intelligence raises urgent questions about power, responsibility and whether anyone shaping the future of AI is still willing to listen
Gavin Ashenden
Reactions to Magnifica Humanitas reveal anxieties of the AI age
The debate surrounding Magnifica Humanitas suggests Pope Leo XIV’s intervention touched something deeper than technology: a crisis concerning authority, freedom and what it means to be human
Andrew Cusack
Analysis: The Pope urges us to choose a human future
In 'Magnifica Humanitas', Pope Leo XIV offers not merely a reflection on artificial intelligence but a defence of human dignity and the common good
Chad Engelland
Is Magnifica Humanitas aimed at Peter Thiel’s techno-political empire?
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical does not name Peter Thiel, but its critique of transhumanism, private power and algorithmic warfare lands close to his world
Thomas Colsy
Saturday Read: The enduring pull of England’s cathedrals
A new Theos report suggests that England’s cathedrals remain among the nation’s most powerful public expressions of Christianity and sacred space
Andrew Cusack
Saturday Read: The Chinese prime minister who became a Benedictine monk
Lou Tseng-tsiang helped shape modern Chinese diplomacy before embracing the Benedictine life and becoming one of the most remarkable converts of the 20th century
Andrew Cusack
The world gets worse, but the Camino gets better
Spain’s famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage offers a powerful counterbalance to the alienation, competitiveness and digital disconnection of modern Western life
James Jeffrey
The rise of the false Madonnas
Female pop stars are increasingly treated as objects of devotion, revealing a culture searching for meaning, identity and motherhood elsewhere
Isabel Gibbens
Lay-led liturgies won’t save the Irish Church
Ireland’s priest shortage is real, but lay-led liturgies risk deepening confusion while delaying necessary reform
Ruadhan Jones
When sacred art loses sight of Heaven
By replacing transcendence and reverence with the visual language of consumerism and pop culture, Jesuit artist Nicholas Leeper mistakes provocation for insight
Jacqueline O'Hara
St Joseph of Cupertino: the high-flying dunce
The levitations of St Joseph of Cupertino remain among the most startling claims in Christian history, challenging modern assumptions about reason, reality and sanctity
Fr Dwight Longenecker
Cosmetics co-founder’s conversion shows what liberal Catholicism lacks
Scott-Vincent Borba’s rejection of his former lifestyle offers a striking contrast to forms of Catholicism that seek to affirm rather than confront sin
Jacqueline O'Hara
The Holy Spirit continues guiding American Catholics
The forthcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen offers American Catholics a timely reminder of the transformative power of the Holy Spirit
Monsignor Jason Gray
Fianna Fáil and the loss of de Valera’s vision
Once the dominant force in Irish politics, Fianna Fáil now faces difficult questions about what remains of the ideals that animated its founder
Ruadhan Jones
The new industrial revolution is already here
The information age is reshaping rural America in ways that echo the early Industrial Revolution, concentrating wealth while hollowing out communities
Patrick Neve
Oxford and the surviving Marian imagination of medieval England
From New College to Blackfriars, Oxford’s chapels, gatehouses and libraries retain traces of a Marian culture that once shaped the intellectual life of the university
Jan C. Bentz
Saturday Read: What did Pope St Leo the Great ever do for us?
From confronting Attila the Hun to shaping the theology of Chalcedon, Leo the Great helped guide the Church through the end of the ancient world while offering lessons for turbulent times
Andrew Cusack
Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is neither a demonic force nor a neutral convenience, but a serious tool that demands moral responsibility and careful reflection from Catholics
David Hahn
Notre Dame still refuses to take pornography seriously
After years of opposing students who sought a campus pornography ban, Notre Dame is now celebrating an “optional” filter that critics say amounts to little more than a symbolic gesture
Jacqueline O'Hara
Rooting out hidden vice
True self-knowledge requires more than admitting sin in general; it demands the difficult work of recognising the specific vices that shape our lives
Clement Harrold
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