In recent years, Carlo Acutis has shot to near rock star-like fame among many young Catholics, generating a global following the likes of which the Catholic Church hasn’t seen in ages.
Technology
Posted inJesuit School Spotlight
Our Jesuit high school banned smartphones. Here’s why it needed to happen.
By removing phones from classrooms, hallways and community spaces, we are not rejecting the digital world but reclaiming something more fundamental: the capacity to learn, to relate and to be fully present.
Posted inNews
Pope Leo named one of top 100 A.I. influencers by Time magazine
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.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
A documentary on Carlo Acutis offers a spiritual roadmap from the first millennial saint
Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a counterexample for our digital age: a teenager who embraced technology not as an escape, but as a tool for communion—with others, and with God.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic University of America to launch new degrees in A.I.
With rapid developments in artificial intelligence, The Catholic University of America’s reaction has been strategic: to launch two new degree offerings, a bachelor of science and a master of science in artificial intelligence.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican warns about fake Pope Leo quotes and videos
The Vatican News site published the warning after a 36-minute “deep fake” —A.I.-generated—video of Pope Leo was posted on YouTube.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Pope Leo XIV can bring Catholic social teaching into the A.I. age
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump, Elon Musk and the dangers of ‘god mode’ tech powers in government
DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Pope Leo XIV’s name choice and facing the world of artificial intelligence
A.I. assistants are advertised as helping us speak more clearly and easily. But are they accomplishing the opposite?
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic prayer app Hallow cuts ties with Russell Brand after actor and Christian convert charged with rape
Russell Brand, a British actor and comedian who promoted the Hallow prayer app and interviewed Bishop Robert E. Barron, has been charged with rape and other sexual offenses.