Skip to content

National Catholic Register

What Does ChatGPT Have to Do With Slavery? ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Highlights AI’s Hidden Exploitation

Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NEWS/VATICAN POOL
Catholic theologian Léocadie Lushombo speaks during the presentation of Pope Leo’s first encyclical on May 25, 2026, at the Vatican as Cardinal Michael Czerny listens.

Catholic theologian Léocadie Lushombo praised Pope Leo’s ‘prophetic’ inclusion of care for digital workers and encouraged people to ‘care about knowing’ how their use of AI products affects other people.

When Colleges Cut Theology, Students Lose More Than Credits

Erika Cross
The Fordham University Church, also known as Old St. John’s, is a Gothic-style church serving the university community and local Catholics in New York City.

COMMENTARY: Students need more theology, more humanities and more professors and administrators with a robust sense of mission.

Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers

On June 3 the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing both the diocese and the pregnancy center, said it had filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit over the dispute.

The Diocese of Springfield says the state Human Rights Act violates its religious freedom, including the right to hire workers who agree with its religious mission.

Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?

Zwiebackesser
‘St. Peter’

COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church.

Beauteous Truth: Love, Reason and Imagination

Details of Raphael’s “School of Athens” (left) and “Disputation of the Holy Sacrament,” painted between 1509 and 1510, in the Raphael Stanze at the Vatican.

COMMENTARY: An age that can’t think objectively or love self-sacrificially can still be touched by beauty.