How the Church Should Respond to the Rise of the ‘Manosphere’

Fr. Patrick Gilger, S.J. writes: What the manosphere is, in other words, is a cacophony of conflicting answers—some encouraging, some infuriating—to the shared question of what it means to be a man today…. As the great philosopher Charles Taylor shows in his essay “Politics of Recognition,” people often felt that those prefabricated social identities distorted… Read More How the Church Should Respond to the Rise of the ‘Manosphere’

5 Key Takeaways on ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and Pope Leo’s Vision for AI

In a recent interview with Georgetown, Kim Daniels, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, states: “Magnifica Humanitas” delivers on Pope Leo’s commitment to address the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence. The question is no longer whether AI will transform our world; that transformation is already underway. The real… Read More 5 Key Takeaways on ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and Pope Leo’s Vision for AI

Communion, Not Homogeneity: Democracy and the Common Good in the Age of Babel

There is a temptation, reading Pope Leo XIV’s letter on artificial intelligence, to hear its two cities — Babel and Jerusalem — as a simple contrast between pride and humility, or between technology baptized and technology refused. But the deeper distinction the Holy Father draws is political, and it is the one I want to… Read More Communion, Not Homogeneity: Democracy and the Common Good in the Age of Babel

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