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Pope Leo against the theology of optimization
For a church accused of moving at a glacial pace, Pope Leo XIV just beat Silicon Valley, Washington, and the United Nations to the most urgent moral question of our time. Magnifica Humanitas is not a critique of AI. It is a critique of humanity's view of ourselves. Because Pope Leo isn’t asking the world to consider simple questions of whether or not this new technology should be regulated, but, “Does AI make human life on earth ‘more human’ in every aspect of that life?
Justin
May 271 min read


Christians Don’t Need to “Reclaim” Halloween — We Just Need to Show Up
A Night Centered on Welcoming the Stranger There’s always been a tendency in Christianity to isolate from the world. We see it even in the earliest days of the Church, when Peter himself struggled to reach beyond his familiar circle until Paul called him out for refusing to eat with Gentiles (cf. Galatians 2). What makes Christianity so groundbreaking is how it pushes against our human tendency to protect and withdraw. Throughout the scriptures, God challenges us to go beyond
Justin
Oct 26, 20253 min read


Obedience Alone Won’t Make Us Holy: Rediscovering the Catholic Conscience
Catholics are often ranked by the virtue of obedience. Those who are most obedient to Rome are considered the most faithful. And we know...
Justin
Oct 6, 20254 min read


Gun Violence is Making Us Less Catholic
In the wake of the two shootings claiming the lives of a prominent Christian speaker and two children at a Catholic school, a troubling...
Justin
Sep 18, 20254 min read
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