Seeking the answer to the question that is the title of this essay[1. I would like to thank Sr. Mary Ann Fatula, O.P., Professor Emerita at Ohio Dominican University, for her invaluable comments that helped to improve this essay. I would … [Read more...]
Are AI-Generated Homilies Suitable for the Edification and Flourishing of the Catholic Faithful?
May 24, 2024 by Pedro Vega
Approach to the Subject Of late, many ethicists, computer scientists, and media experts have highlighted the emergence of data processing systems known as Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) not only because they promise a … [Read more...]
God and Man in the Apocalypse of the Cross
February 24, 2023 by Philip Primeau
The presentation of our holy faith is often hobbled by a failure to demonstrate the organic unity of its constituent parts, a problem much lamented by Pope Francis, who has observed that Christianity is frequently reduced to a “disjointed . … [Read more...]
Cultivating Time for Eternity
Ecology, Exceptionalism, and Apocalypse
August 28, 2020 by Matthew Tsakanikas, STD
The importance of ecology is no longer disputed. We must listen to the language of nature and we must answer accordingly. Yet I would like to underline a point that seems to me to be neglected, today as in the past: there is also an ecology … [Read more...]
An Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes, Part 2
August 9, 2015 by Francis Etheredge
If God freely made us in His image and likeness, then his Word is indispensible to our self-understanding; indeed, “man, male and female” (cf. Gn 1 27), makes “visible” the unfathomable mystery of the Blessed Trinity … [Read more...]
An Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes
July 12, 2015 by Francis Etheredge
The radical originality of God: When God created man, male and female, “He established Himself” as the “un-originate origin” of the diversity of the sexes. Part I of II In Part I of this essay (Part II is here), there is an examination o … [Read more...]
John Paul II, Christian Anthropology, and “Familiaris Consortio”
April 28, 2012 by Rev. Michael Bruno
John Paul II called humanity to rediscover an anthropology based in the beauty and dignity of human life, laying its foundation firmly in Sacred Scripture and Church Tradition. The beatification of Pope John Paul II serves as a … [Read more...]
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