Tag: encyclical

Encyclical letters generally address matters of faith or morals, encourage a particular commemoration or pious devotion, or deal with matters of church discipline which are to be universally observed.

Speaking at the Vatican press conference May 25 to present his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV said his conversations with industry leaders – including "very troubling voices" who warned of autonomous weapons systems beyond effective human governance – had led him to the conviction that AI "needs to be disarmed."

As the world awaits Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on artificial intelligence, expected to be signed 15 May and released by the Vatican by the end of the month, the pope has already emerged as a leading global voice on on the ethical challenges posed by AI.

Luis Arguello, president of the Episcopal conference of Spain has confirmed that Pope Francis will publish a new document on the Heart of Jesus—as he had previously told some bishops.

Yet, one still has cause to wonder. Why evaluate the level of climate-faith and the rate of ecological-conversion in the “Australian Church” by restricting one’s analysis to Archbishop Fisher’s footnotes alone?

A Bishop remembers: the tragic white-anting and long, slow resurrection of an heroic papal teaching Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical letter on the transmission...