On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Catherine Meeks, founder of the Turquoise and Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing.
"Catholic social teaching has always emphasized the protection of workers, so it is no surprise that Leo gives space in his encyclical to the impact of robots and AI on workers," writes Thomas Reese.
The leaders of the Society of St. Pius X made decisions that carry major implications. Their actions will need to be unpacked, and in some cases, undone, if the group seeks to have unity with the Catholic Church.
On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," I speak with writer and theologian Oblate Fr. Ronald Rolheiser about letting things go in our wisdom years.
Their distress at the Democratic Party's failure for two generations to defend the interests of the working class is admirable, but it is not clear whether they will only further polarize the country.
"We Americans must realize that when we punish Cuba, we do not punish only the government," writes Jesuit Fr. Jeffrey von Arx. "We punish the most vulnerable."
Fr. Tom Reese continues his analysis of Magnifica Humanitas with Chapter 3, in which Pope Leo XIV applies Catholic social teaching to modern digital technology, arguing that AI should respect human dignity.
We have largely surrendered our limited temporal resources to algorithms, and the near-constant distraction of smartphones and social media threatens our spiritual flourishing and prayer lives, writes Dan Horan.
