What does it mean to safeguard our humanity? That question is at the heart of Pope Leo XIV’s much anticipated first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, released May 25. The following are some key things to know about this weighty papal letter. Latin for “Magnificent Humanity,”…
Eight centuries ago, St Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art, and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis’ teaching documents on integral ecology. The Canticle of the Creatures includes tributes to ‘Brother Sun,’ ‘Sister Moon and Stars,’ ‘Brother Wind’ and ‘Sister Water,’ all of whom give…