Teilhard’s eucharistic vision have moved many readers, including Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
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Why the makers of ChatGPT care what Pope Francis says about AI
Father Phillip Larrey said conversations on AI must shift to what Pope Francis calls “person-centered AI.” The pope, he said, “is insisting that you need to put the human person at the center of this technology.”
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New asteroids named for 3 Jesuits and pope of ‘Gregorian calendar’ fame
Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honored with having asteroids named after them.
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What Vatican II did for the relationship between faith and science
How can we help a new generation reconcile faith with reason? A new collection of the writings of the Jesuit physicist Richard J. Pendergast is a good start.
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Can HBO’s ‘The Peripheral’ live up to the sin, synthetics and satisfaction of ‘Westworld’?
“The Peripheral,” a new original Amazon series, resembles “Westworld” in countless ways. Yet even with solid acting performances and breathtaking visuals, “The Peripheral” failed, just as later seasons of “Westworld” failed, to capture any of the immeasurable power of Nolan’s and Joy’s television debut. Why is that?
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Space travel lets us see the earth as God sees it—and us
It may be a stretch to say that space made baby Boomers believe in God, but the possibilities and potential of space shaped us. The spirituality of space has stayed in our souls.
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Does God evolve? How evolution and A.I. are pushing the horizons of theology
Most Catholics these days don’t think there is a conflict between the theory of evolution and their faith. But it’s harder to wrap our heads around the idea that we’re still evolving—and that God might be, too.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Do you love sci-fi and religion? You’re not alone.
Science fiction and religion might not seem like the most natural of bedfellows—but religion is usually a prominent theme in most contemporary sci-fi.
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From 1980: Science Fiction and Religion
In 1980, Dr. Willis E. McNelly, a pioneer in the academic study of science fiction as a literary genre, offered his thoughts to ‘America’ on sci-fi and religion.
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What does the Catholic Church say about psychedelics?
Psychedelics have been seen as far worse than alcohol and cigarettes, but are they really?