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TO PROCLAIM WHAT WE BELIEVE It is impossible for us to come up with an adequate image of who God is. Every attempt to do so will be incomplete. Everything we say is but a glimpse of God’s real being. Today we have the opportunity not to clarify a truth but to proclaim what we believe. Our God is personal, involved in our lives and is calling us to come home together. READ MORE

MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS Pope Leo XIV's profound new encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," centers human dignity in an era of artificial intelligence, provides a masterclass in Catholic social teaching, and warns against the dangers of not only AI, but economies that are not "inclusive." MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: A COMPREHENSIVE READING Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” places human dignity at the center of the AI age and calls the Church to guide technology with ethics and justice.   POPE LEO WARNS OF AI FUELING WARFARE IN FIRST MAJOR THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENT Leo’s encyclical is a new moment and marks the “most significant institutional response” to AI by a major global religious body, and perhaps the clearest signal yet that the Vatican intends to do more than issue intelligent warnings from the margins of debate.   CENTURY-OLD ‘RERUM NOVARUM’ IS STILL A GUIDE TO JUST LABOR Rerum Novarum‘s principles of labor justice are rooted in a belief in the inherent dignity of all people, imbued by God. Our society still hasn't implemented the just labor principles laid out in this encyclical from the 1800s. LEO XIV: CREATIVE FIDELITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE PRESENT How does one celebrate the first anniversary of the election of Pope Leo XIV in the midst of a world wounded by various wars, and in a Church that keeps offering resistance to the synodal reform processes that are so badly needed? THE CLERICAL FILES: EXPOSING THE POWER OF HOLY PRIVILEGE The toxic reality of survivors having to plead their cases before the same celibate men who make, interpret and enforce Church law creates a system of silence and complicity. Toxic theology and statutes in the Code of Canon Law that promote and perpetuate the ‘holy privilege,’ which leads to a dysfunctional Church, must be recognized, condemned, and eliminated. LEO TAKES UP THEME OF VATICAN II AND LITURGY In what is sure to be a closely watched series of catechesis, Pope Leo took up today another document from the Second Vatican Council in his general audiences dedicated to the event, This May 20 he began reflecting on the Council's document on liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. LITURGIES FOR RESISTING EMPIRE Theologian Kat Armas explores how liturgy, contemplation, and community can help us heal from systems of violence that hurt ourselves, each other, and the earth. Watch the video.