The Dispatch
The real reasons behind the deaths of the Ugandan martyrs
In the history of the Church, there have been many Christians who have been bluntly told that if they did not renounce their faith in [...]
Catholic morality and social concerns
Columns
Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...]
Dawn Amidst the Darkness: Dispatch from New York City
Features
I found myself with a free morning in New York City and decided to do some reconnaissance work at Saint Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. St. Joseph’s has recently been highlighted as a lodestar of [...]
Analysis
The Eastern Lung of Pope Leo’s first encyclical
As widely commentated, the most obvious continuity framework for Magnifica Humanitas is Rerum Novarum (1891). The Holy See presented Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical as a document on “safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence,” signed on May 15, [...]
Analysis
Continuity and Clarification: On Pope Leo, Pope Francis, and Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (MH), has received considerable attention, including from sources not ordinarily interested in papal documents. The reason is understandable, given the attention it gives to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Pope [...]
Essay
Rediscovering Joan of Arc
As she was being led to the stake to be executed, most of the hostile crowd thought she was a witch. Yet, by the time Joan of Arc had been burned alive on May 30, [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch
Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is a pointed and prophetic gut punch. Don’t be fooled by the usual “ecclesial-speak” argot of the text. When read carefully and closely, what emerges is a blunt, and even [...]
Columns
Magnifica Humanitas: The Human Person Between Glory and Fragility
There are many newsworthy dimensions to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. If you’ve followed the Holy Father’s homilies, catecheses, and public addresses, the broad direction of the document is not surprising. Even so, [...]
Books
Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI
Published Monday, the pope’s new encyclical warns of a “culture of power” fueled by the digital revolution and artificial intelligence. […]
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PeterBeaulieu:
And, specifically, as part of the needed "national examination of conscience" might we recall that in 1991 the national debt…
mrscracker:
Thank you so much Miss Dawn. I really look forward to your articles on the Saints. Over the years I've…
Barry Gregory:
No reserves, no retreats, no regrets...not a bad way to live OR die.
