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Looking for God in A.I. chatbots

Avatar photo by Corey James November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

“Finding God in all things” usually doesn’t need the disclaimer that all things are not God, but it might be a helpful reminder for someone pouring their soul into an A.I. chatbot.

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Pope Leo calls for greater vigilance over children’s access to AI

cindy_wooden by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

“Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to manipulation through AI algorithms that can influence their decisions and preferences,” the pope said.

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Pope Leo named one of top 100 A.I. influencers by Time magazine

by Paulina Guzik - OSV News September 2, 2025September 2, 2025

If Leo XIV continues to marshal the world’s Catholics against AI’s alienating potential, Time said, “Silicon Valley faces a formidable—and unexpected—spiritual counterweight.”

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A.I. will forever lack the hunger that is humanity

Klein by Terrance Klein August 13, 2025August 13, 2025

A Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

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New Website, Same Mission

sawyer-headshot by Sam Sawyer, S.J. August 6, 2025August 14, 2025

A.I. was helpful with parts of this process, but it did not and could not have replaced the human contributions.

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Questioning A.I.

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A.I. is killing the skill of asking meaningful questions. We shouldn’t let it.

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David Foster Wallace, A.I. and the future of the humanities

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Twenty years ago, David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most widely shared and admired graduation speeches of all time. It still rewards close analysis.

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Vatican roundtable: Pope Leo XIV, AI ethics and sexual abuse crisis reforms

itvnothing by Inside the Vatican June 12, 2025

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell and producer Ricardo da Silva, S.J., answer listener questions about the conclave and the first month of Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV meets the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican on May 10, 2025. In his remarks to the cardinals, the pope said that church teaching is relevant to “developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.” (Vatican Media via AP)
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Pope Leo XIV can bring Catholic social teaching into the A.I. age

Matthew Dunch Web Size by Matthew Dunch May 15, 2025

In these early days of the A.I. revolution, a lesson from the first Industrial Revolution holds firm. Catholic social teaching instructs us to look beyond machinery to people.

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