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Six Commonweal contributors to comment on 'Magnifica humanitas' and reflect on what it may tell us about the trajectory of Leo's new pontificate.

From the point of AI to the Church's role in slavery, 'Magnifica humanitas' provides a rich analysis of creativity and humanity. Commonweal contributors weigh in.

"In twenty-five years as a caregiver for elderly Trappist monks, I’ve experienced countless times the grace that emerges in vulnerability."

Inger N. I. Kuin’s new book presents Diogenes of Sinope, one of the original Cynics, as a thinker with a “revolutionary” philosophy.

"Something fished for / in an alligator clutch, her lips a red secret."

"You are sailor, eel-fisher, / pilot; it’s after-school time, you are free-bird, lark / and soaring"

"The shore’s a line / of broken speech, // the sea a sensation at / the edge of things"

Gabriele Tergit’s 1951 novel 'Effingers' paints a vast and amiably peopled panorama of German-Jewish life at the turn of the twentieth century.

"I wanted to understand how people like me—those who grew up in the Black church and later found themselves outside of it—were channeling the impulse to believe."

Christians may find some of Nietzsche’s religious criticisms are constructive, emphasizing the authentic core of the faith: unconditional love.

This year's World Cup might be the least accessible in history but, somehow, fans are enjoying it anyway.

Pope Leo reminds us to consider not just what AI can do, but also who designs it, who it serves, and who gets left out.

Is our collective refusal to remember and grieve the deaths caused by the pandemic contributing to s rightward lurch in our politics?

American Christianity has been captured by Trumpism over the past decade. How can we recover from his politics of resentment?

Pope Leo invites us to discern the Christian principles that must guide practical decisions about AI. Notre Dame's DELTA framework does just that.