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Returning to the Moon, Returning to God
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (740+ words) COMMENTARY: NASA's Artemis program reignites enthusiasm for space exploration and faith. As Dante enters the first celestial sphere in the Paradiso, he asks Beatrice about the dark spots on the moon. "If the opinion mortals hold falls into error when…...
Artemis II Moon Mission ‘a Great Development,’ Vatican Observatory Director Says
20+ hour, 4+ min ago (404+ words) EWTN News speaks with Jesuit Father Richard A. D'Souza, director of the Vatican Observatory since September 2025. NASA's Artemis II test flight launched into space on Wednesday evening for an expected 10-day lunar flyby mission. The flight " which is the first crewed…...
Anthropic’s Break With the Pentagon Ignites AI Ethics Debate
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1075+ words) ANALYSIS: After rejecting Pentagon demands tied to autonomous weapons and surveillance, Anthropic's stand has intensified debate over AI ethics " echoing recent Vatican warnings. Amid the explosion in recent years of artificial intelligence (AI), Catholics have consistently called for the inclusion…...
Council on AI Ethics Formed to Balance Innovation With Human Dignity
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (827+ words) Subscribe for just $1.25 per issue! The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) launched a council on artificial intelligence (AI) ethics to help ensure technological innovation promotes human dignity. Inspired by the President's Council on Bioethics, the council's "purpose will be to provide…...
AI Has a Grammar — Marshall McLuhan and St. Angela Merici Help Us Read It
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (829+ words) COMMENTARY: Media reshapes society through its inherent characteristics " a lesson McLuhan articulated and St. Angela embodied, one that matters urgently in the age of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping society in ways we can scarcely imagine. The critical…...
Italian Physicist Antonino Zichichi, Key Figure in John Paul II’s Dialogue With Science, Dies at 96
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (931+ words) In prophetic words for today's AI age, in 2014, he urged the Church and the political world to remember that human beings may perish by misusing technology, but never by discovering the truth " an echo of John Paul II's trust in…...
Artificial Intelligence Isn’t What You Think It Is
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1085+ words) COMMENTARY: Church teaching cuts through AI hype, reminding us that AI is a simulation of intelligence, not a rival to the human mind or soul. Since ChatGPT's release in November 2022, headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) have been sensational. AI is…...
No, AI Doesn’t Have a Soul: The Catholic Understanding of Its Role in Human Society
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1062+ words) College professor-philosopher seeks the truth about the mind, soul and personhood in a new podcast series about artificial intelligence. If you ask some of the leading creators and proponents of AI products, at least some of them would answer "Yes…...
Ancient and New Wisdom on AI, One Year After ‘Antiqua et Nova’
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1107+ words) COMMENTARY: Amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the Vatican's 2025 note "Antiqua et Nova' draws a clear distinction between technological power and human intelligence. Last year, the Vatican issued Antiqua et Nova, examining the relationship of artificial and human intelligence. The…...
AI Has No Soul — and Never Will
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1031+ words) COMMENTARY: There is an insurmountable difference between man and machine. AI raises an endless stream of questions: Will it take our jobs? Cure diseases? Destabilize governments? Make us rich " or make us targets for hackers and terrorists? Still, some leading…...