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Laudato Si’ – Special anniversary year begins May 24
Wisdom Wednesday | June 10th
US bishops gather in Orlando; a special Mass to consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with a saint’s relics present. Mormons get dissed by the “secretary of war.” A documentary about Teilhard de Chardin gets Vatican attention. (It’s the film shown at the AUSCP Assembly in Lexington.)
Wisdom Wednesday | June 3rd
Quotation of the week: “the myopic culture that I came from — less than 0.002 percent of the world population, by the way — was trying to put chicken wire around a God of infinite magnitude.” A Mormon father and his son share their wisdom as we welcome you to our weekly examination of news and commentary at the nexus of faith, society and politics.
Pope Leo’s AI encyclical highlights central importance of Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching – little known, seldom preached, under taught (even in seminaries), and rarely applied to the life and death situations facing humanity – has now been pushed by Pope Leo from the periphery of Catholic consciousness to the front and center of what the Catholic Church teaches and needs to live!
Wisdom Wednesday | May 27th
Welcome to a blur of information and commentary on Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. We offer a link to the full text, along with “8 things to know,” “3 most important themes” and “15 quotes” — the last item from one commentator who says “it may be the most important Church document of our lifetime.” Writers and publishers own their texts.
8 things to know about Pope Leo XIV’s sweeping AI manifesto
Full Text of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Read Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical
