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

"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"

"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.

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 a 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.

Chris Jennings's book about violent Christian separatists traces the fracturing of American society. But was America ever whole before, and can it ever be now?

The Eucharist is not just the summit of our Catholic experience. It is also the source of our conviction to live as Christ did, giving ourselves to others in daily life.

Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe discusses his six decades as a Dominican and the point of being a Christian today.

Pope Leo's encyclical doesn't ask whether machines can make good art; it explores the uniquely human purposes of art that a machine can never access.

Virgil Michel and his friends at the Catholic Worker knew that liturgy and social justice are inseparable—together, they are the source and the fruit of true Christian spirit.

In 'Agnus Dei,' Massimiliano Camaiti follows the nuns tasked with raising lambs for a Vatican blessing. The documentary is subtly Christlike: humble, meek, and pure.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin's son was abducted and killed by Hamas. Her memoir vividly chronicles her bereavement and activism in his name.

Russia’s war in Ukraine may go down in history as the beginning of a new era of industrial warfare—with AI-powered drones at the center.

Jay Neugeboren's "Dickensian" childhood eventually led to a prolific writing career.

The late Robert Coles spent years meeting subjects where they were, from the first integrated classrooms to migrant farms to the Appalachian mountains.

"There is always the risk that we will forget we are merely playing pretend and begin living inside our own fictions."

At its best, Christianity makes clear how far silence can be from laziness or indifference.

In 'Magnifica humanitas,' Pope Leo presents a genuinely universalist civilizational discourse, calling for a social order whose guiding principle is love.

Despite its rhetorical restraint, 'Magnifica humanitas' hints at a bold vision for how the Church can reimagine its own authority.

Why did Pope Leo apologize for the Church's role in slavery in an encyclical about artificial intelligence?

Why do conservatives blame ‘cultural Marxism’ for nearly everything?