At nearly 43,000 words, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” is a sprawling effort to array the... The…
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Mere Orthodoxy ↗Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, begins with the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). Babel represents the grandiosity of... The…
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First Things ↗Until recently, Poland’s definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman seemed inviolable, for at least two reasons. First, Article 18 of the Polish Constitution... The…
First Things ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Budziszewski joins in to discuss his recent book, Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think... The…
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First Things ↗Bulbous onion domes topped the Corinthian columns, and baroque stucco architraves lit up the drowsy city toward the end of day. The clock struck five as I approached the... The…
First Things ↗This essay is adapted from The Augustinian Pastor: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Ministry(Baker Academic, 2026).
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Augustine describes sin carefully to learn to see it. He does that not just so we can see it over there, but so we can learn to see it in…
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