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A substack about fostering a renewal of the authentic Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, leading to what can be called a better kind of politics, working in solidarity to build a future worthy of the human family.
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Leo & Gates on the Democratic Governance of AI (opens the original)
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Since Bill Gates has been so active in speaking out about on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, and since he is such a prominent and experienced voice on tech who is in dialogue with Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas, I continue to put his remarks into dialogue with the views expressed in Leo’s encyclical. Gates was at it again Sunday (9/27/2026), speaking on multiple talk shows including Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square and Meet the Press. This provided another occasion to update my infogr
Leo and the Venerable Father of European Unity (opens the original)
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As Pope Leo XIV winds up his Apostolic Visit to France today, he just met with religious and political leaders at the Robert Schuman European Center in Metz. One can read on this website how the now Venerable Robert Schuman’s postwar work included serving as Minister of Finance (1947), President of the Council (1948), Foreign Minister (1948-52), Minister of Justice (1955), President of the European Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg (1948-50), and President of the European Movement (1955-1961)
Pope Leo XIV Speaks to UNESCO in France (opens the original)
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As most readers know, Pope Leo XIV is in the midst of a Apostolic Journey to France. From the perspective of this Substack, a highlight of the visit is the address he gave on Friday, September 25 to UNESCO. This United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has a mission to build peace through international cooperation in education, science, and culture. As such, it aligns closely with the integral and solidary Christian humanism of Catholic Social Doctrine. <a class="image-li
The Future of Jobs, Democracy and Being Human (opens the original)
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After Bill Gates’ New York Times interview of August 26 that appeared concurrently with a long essay, I had posted on his views in relation to those articulated in Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. I did so employing infographics as part of my ongoing efforts to put AI to work for good purposes. That previous post is embedded below. Since Gates has continued to evolve his position—most recently with a interview
A Church Present as Sign of Unity in the World (opens the original)
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Over especially the last several years, prominent Catholic intellectuals with somewhat differing emphases have railed against “liberalism” and advocated—whether directly or indirectly—for a radical change of political order. They have advocated a new polity under the heading of “postliberalism” and the closely-related “integralism.”Such thought has spoken much of order, metaphysics, natural law, the authority of the Church over political power, and the requirement that the coercive power of the
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